Lyrics
Granny from the island
And she taught the Europeans how she spelled survival
Upon her arrival they tried to make her leave
Immigrated from Jamaica
Woman had alotta patience
And she raised a black family
Over foreign seas
Seeds of my father started out in Long Beach
Acquainted with the OGs crippin down the streets
Ran the quarter mile was nigga with the feet
Momma had the had hand
Made an empire outta sand
We ate most day cause supply and demand
Economics of their wallets makin magic outta nothing astonished how our stomachs always won the lottery
We never played the scratch offs
Ask us who we got out clap back from
Born black so we broke shackles
Say it to our face that we'll never be shit
We'll roll our eyes back to the sun and just cackle
Said we never gon be shit
Said we never gon be shit
Yaaaaa
So we rolled our eyes back and just cackled
Laughed so hard that our black broke shackles
Black gold (multiple voice chant)
Black gold
Black gold
Black folks wylin
Ever since we told the whip it ain't gon chime in
Told the great America we ain't got prices
Found our way to heaven's gates we must be priceless
We flying
Past the borders past the horrors past the graves of the south
Just in order to be taller than the hate from your mouth
Everyday's another blessing every second is a feast
Made a life up outta nothing so we all about eat
That's right
We burn bright
Stay brighter