BLACK PARADE

[00:03.42] Ah
[00:07.47] I'm goin' back to the South
[00:09.41] I'm goin' back, back, back, back
[00:11.35] Where my roots ain't watered down
[00:13.48] Growin', growin' like a Boabab tree
[00:15.43] Of life on fertile ground, ancestors put me on game
[00:19.40] Ankh charm on gold chains, with my Oshun energy, oh
[00:23.95] Drip all on me, woo, Ankh or the Dashiki print
[00:27.86] Hol' up, don't I smell like such a nag champa incense?
[00:31.91] Yeah, pure ice (Ice), ice (Ice), buss down
[00:35.88] Uh, flooded (Flooded), flooded (Flooded), on my wrist, out
[00:40.07] Ooh, goin' up, goin' up, motherland, motherland drip on me
[00:44.09] Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like
[00:47.81] Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me
[00:52.00] Yeah, I can't forget my history is her-story, yeah
[00:56.52] Being black, baby, that's the reason why they always mad
[01:01.39] Yeah, they always mad, yeah
[01:04.36] Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad
[01:09.43] And they always have been
[01:11.33] Honey, come around my way, around my hive
[01:14.55] Whenever mama says so, mama say
[01:19.20] Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
[01:22.81] Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[01:27.24] Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)
[01:31.30] You hear them swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite
[01:35.24] Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
[01:38.92] Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[01:43.37] Yeah, yeah, I'm for us, all black
[01:47.31] All chrome (Yeah), black-owned (Yeah)
[01:49.33] Black tints (Yeah), matte black (Yeah, yeah)
[01:51.32] Roll by, my window down, let 'em see who in it
[01:53.73] Crack a big smile (Ding)
[01:55.31] Go figure, me and Jigga, fifty 'leven children
[01:57.74] They like, "Chick, how?"
[01:59.28] I charge my crystals in a full moon
[02:02.10] You could send them missiles, I'ma send my goons
[02:06.08] Baby sister reppin' Yemaya (Yemaya)
[02:07.78] Trust me, they gon' need an army (Ah)
[02:09.95] Rubber bullets bouncin' off me (Ah)
[02:11.94] Made a picket sign off your picket fence (Ah)
[02:14.09] Take it as a warning (Ah, ah)
[02:15.44] Waist beads from Yoruba (Woo)
[02:17.21] Four hunnid billi', Mansa Musa (Woo)
[02:19.39] Straw line to the barbeque
[02:21.15] Put us any-damn-where, we gon' make it look cute
[02:23.32] Pandemic fly on the runway, in my hazmat
[02:25.62] Judgin', runnin' through the house to my art, all black
[02:27.74] Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat
[02:29.88] (Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat)
[02:31.34] Hold my hands, we gon' pray together
[02:33.58] Lay down, face down in the gravel
[02:35.44] Woo, wearin' all attire white to the funeral
[02:37.54] Black love, we gon' stay together
[02:39.39] Curtis Mayfield on the speaker (Woo)
[02:41.20] Lil' Malcolm, Martin mixed with mama Tina (Woo)
[02:43.25] Need another march, lemme call Tamika (Woo)
[02:45.14] Need peace and reparation for my people (Woo)
[02:47.21] Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up (Shrivel up)
[02:51.43] Fuck this fade and waves I'ma let it dread all up (Dread all up)
[02:55.36] Put your fists up in the air, show black love (Show black love)
[02:59.85] Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
[03:03.55] Honey, come around my way, around my hive
[03:06.70] Whenever mama says so, mama say
[03:11.56] Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
[03:15.00] Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[03:19.59] Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)
[03:23.36] Hear 'em swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz)
[03:27.28] Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
[03:30.97] Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[03:35.32] We got rhythm (We got rhythm)
[03:37.53] We got pride (We got pride)
[03:39.57] We birth kings (We birth kings)
[03:41.46] We birth tribes (We birth tribes)
[03:43.34] Holy river (Holy river)
[03:45.46] Holy tongue (Holy tongue)
[03:47.41] Speak the glory (Speak the glory)
[03:49.36] Feel the love (Feel the love)
[03:50.98] Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey
[03:54.96] Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
[03:58.85] I can't forget my history, it's her-story
[04:03.73] Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
[04:07.64] Honey, come around my way, around my hive (My)
[04:10.80] Whenever momma says so (Hey), momma say (Hey, hey)
[04:15.38] Here I come on my throne, sittin' high (High)
[04:18.94] Follow my parade, oh, my parade (Hey, hey, hey)
[04:23.29] Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)
[04:27.43] Hear 'em swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz)
[04:31.28] Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
[04:34.82] Follow my parade, oh, black parade
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