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They say black lives do matter
but where are their thoughts when our brothers blood splatters
in patches and blothches on the pavement
MLK, GHANDI, MALCOLM X
didnt mean this
so take a stand or divide our culture
bloods versus crips
we dont need their help, we are killing each other
they say a black man doesn't stand a chance
well if a black man wont stand hand in hand with his own
how can we expect them to help when we leave our own all alone.
And sisters...my sisters... we're no better either...black shaming each other, wishing we looked like another
Remi weave so we can hide our real hair,
why fix what God put on this earth to be here
foundation to change your skin tone,
sending the message that God got it wrong.
We want to change the world and get mad at what we created
It's only our fault...how can we hate it?
We want to tell our youth that they can be anything,
but then all we do is portray stereotypes on the tv screen
Lip smacking, hair pulling, and going the fuck off,
My Sisters, my brothers, we need to stop
As real as housewives are today, is a slap in the face to the way our ancestors paved
They were kings and queens that build a dynasty
lets follow in their foot steps..let us be free!
So for those who say its the man that keeps us down...
take one second and look around...
whose peddling on your block
what new song is hot
what famous person just ended up in D block
this is who we idolize
all the time we compromaize
the legacy that we have long since forgot
BLACK HISTORY....FORGET ME OR FORGET ME NOT
but where are their thoughts when our brothers blood splatters
in patches and blothches on the pavement
MLK, GHANDI, MALCOLM X
didnt mean this
so take a stand or divide our culture
bloods versus crips
we dont need their help, we are killing each other
they say a black man doesn't stand a chance
well if a black man wont stand hand in hand with his own
how can we expect them to help when we leave our own all alone.
And sisters...my sisters... we're no better either...black shaming each other, wishing we looked like another
Remi weave so we can hide our real hair,
why fix what God put on this earth to be here
foundation to change your skin tone,
sending the message that God got it wrong.
We want to change the world and get mad at what we created
It's only our fault...how can we hate it?
We want to tell our youth that they can be anything,
but then all we do is portray stereotypes on the tv screen
Lip smacking, hair pulling, and going the fuck off,
My Sisters, my brothers, we need to stop
As real as housewives are today, is a slap in the face to the way our ancestors paved
They were kings and queens that build a dynasty
lets follow in their foot steps..let us be free!
So for those who say its the man that keeps us down...
take one second and look around...
whose peddling on your block
what new song is hot
what famous person just ended up in D block
this is who we idolize
all the time we compromaize
the legacy that we have long since forgot
BLACK HISTORY....FORGET ME OR FORGET ME NOT
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