I'm goin' back to the South
I'm goin' back, back
back, back
where my roots
ain't watered down
Growin', growin'
like a Baobab tree
of life on fertile ground
ancestors put me on game
Ankh charm
on gold chains
with my
Oshun energy oh
Drip all on me
woo Ankara Dashiki print
hol' up don't I smell
like satya
Nag Champa incense?
Yeah pure ice, ice
buss down
uh, flooded, flooded
on my wrist, ow
Ooh goin' up, goin' up,
motherland
motherland drip on me
Ooh melanin, melanin
my drip is skin deep like
Ooh motherland
motherland, motherland
motherland drip on me
Eeya I can't forget my
history is her story, yeah
Being black
maybe that's the reason
why they always mad
yeah they always mad, yeah
Been passed 'em
I know that's the reason
why they all big mad
and they always
have been
Honey come around
my way around my hive
whenever momma
says so
momma say
Here I come
on my throne sittin' high
follow my parade, oh
my parade
Talkin' slick to my folk
nip that lip like lipo
You hear them
swarmin' right?
Bees is known to bite
Now here we come
on our thrones sittin' high
follow my parade, oh
my parade
On fours, all black
all chrome, black-owned
black tints, matte black
walked by my window
down let 'em see who
in it crack a big smile
Go figure me and Jigga
fifty 'leven children
they like,"Chick, how?"
I charge my crystals
in a full moon
you could send
them missiles
Imma send my goons
Baby sister
reppin' Yemaya
trust me they gon'
need an army
rubber bullets
bouncin' off me
Made a picket sign
off your picket fence
take it as a warning
waist beads from Yoruba
four hunnid billi'
Mansa Musa
Stroll line to the barbeque
put us any damn where
we gon' make it look cute
Pandemic fly on the
runway in my hazmat
children runnin' through
the house and my art
all black
Ancestors on the
wall let the ghosts
chit-chat
Hold my hands
we gon' pray together
lay down face down
in the gravel
We wearin' all attire
white to the funeral
black love
we gon' stay together
Curtis Mayfield
on the speaker
Lil' Malcolm, Martin
mixed with momma Tina
Need another march
lemme call Tamika
need peace
and reparation
for my people
F**k these laid edges
Imma let it shrivel up
F**k this fade and waves
Imma let it dread all up
Put your fists up in
the air show black love
motherland drip on me
motherland, motherland
drip on me
Honey come around
my way, around my hive
whenever momma
says so
momma say
Here I come
on my throne sittin' high
follow my parade, oh
my parade
Talkin' slick to my folk
nip that lip like lipo
You hear them
swarmin' right?
Bees is known to bite
Now here we come
on our thrones sittin' high
follow my parade, oh
my parade
We got rhythm
We got pride
We birth kings
We birth tribes
Holy river
Holy tongue
speak the glory
feel the love
Motherland, motherland
drip on me, hey, hey, hey
Motherland, motherland
drip on me, hey, hey, hey
I can't forget
my history, it's her story
Motherland drip on me
Motherland, motherland
drip on me
Honey come around
my way, around my hive
whenever momma
says so
momma say
Here I come
on my throne sittin' high
follow my parade, oh
my parade
Talkin' slick to my folk
nip that lip like lipo
You hear them
swarmin' right?
Bees is known to bite
Now here we come
on our thrones sittin' high
follow my parade, oh
black parade
