My Presidents Are Black

God in all my flows, heaven in my tracks

My kettles all gold, my presidents are Black (bah)

See, Jacky on the front lines and Richard's in the back

Remember when they told us just to rap? Hmm

Over the years, we've been ill advised

They told us "Just one at a time", that's the biggest lie

A wise man once asked "Who ate all the pies?"

And now he's lookin' at me funny, like I took his slice

Oh, what a life, if I can't war with no broken man

They start worryin', they've got wars to plan, hmm, aight, cool

Jigga told me "Crabs in a bucket", I said I overstand

So you my brother, you can hold my hand

You wouldn't know about the convos that we had to change the rules

Didn't know that I would give my arm and leg to help you move

Didn't know we're tryna implement our history through the schools

You can keep the gems, I give you jewels, aight

We are the needle movers, we are the table shakers

They gotta move around us, cah nothin' moves without us

It can't be you who found us, we don't need you to crown us

I had a crown before my song, this is the mountain that I'm on

We set up shop, but never closed the shutter

I give you all the keys, don't matter if we know each other

My brother Enoch told me "Bro, you wasn't known to stutter"

So I got rid of it, I'm smoother than some cocoa butter

Fluent, you can-, it's the community provider

The multiple diss track survivor, glory be to God, Jehovah Jireh

How can I retire? The devil is a liar

And shout my nigga Dave, 'cause we made it through the fire

Should've left me out the politics

All I know is feta cheese and dollar chips

Niggas went from sellin' weed to scholarships

They're billin' me to holler flicks

And know they holler flicks to get at me

I could be a Beatle if you let it be, I needed you to set me free

Woo, I just needed you to let me dream

The pressure that I'm under does no favors for my self-esteem

I wonder what they tell Rahim

Black boy fly, black girl fly, we all fly

If you try to rob them for their dreams, of course I'm

Gonna put a target on your back, I'm Hawkeye

Beg you, leave them yutes alone, this is my war cry

Just careful when you fuck around and take the piss

That could be my little bro or baby sis

Have to make a statement, just in case it is

We're products of the place we lived

Yeah, we're bustin' all your favorite myths

Nowadays, I pull up on my Zadie Smith

A master with a pen, skin-tone darker than your skeng

Ah, you'd have to pull it up and start again

Tell Michael Grove that we got somethin' for your nose

And we got champagne bottles for them boys at number ten

Oh, we gon' party through the bullshit

If you make a point, I'll reinforce it

If you take a stand, then we endorse it, that's what we do

If we ain't beside you, then we're cheering

This is #Merky, this is God engineerin', I swear

Woo, this for my niggas who ain't make it to the prem

Hope they see the bigger picture when they frame it through their lens

I pray my brothers make it in the end

To be fair, we never had no olders

This for my Kofis and my Adeolas

You get the trophies when you plan and focus

You're now tuned into my magnum opus

They wanna chat me whilst they sat on sofas

But I'm Serena for you Sharapovas

Win again and win again, like Wimbledon, I serve

I promise you, I'm colder than the single that you heard

The second one was stressful, but it's simple for my third

Holy spirit, guide me to the things that you prefer

I'm still the nicest with it

Go put some commas on the check and try and 'tice us with it

Put some rockets on our back and put some fire in it

This a blessing from our king, you can't acquire spirit

Hit 'em with the choir spirit, got 'em singing

Give me light, give me love

'Cause we've been through the fire, got the strength of a lion, oh

Oh, yes, we will, Lord

I'm a young Jazzy B, I'm on my soul to soul

They're askin' if I sold my soul

Tell 'em it's the power of the holy ghost

Tell 'em that he guides me on this lonely road

So that's why I say

For the, the road that you go on now, is what you're pavin' the lane

It is this road for all these people to walk

And I think that's what's gonna be one of the greats, legacies

That, you know, together we're leader, the black English

A hundred percent

It's that, uh, it's like a full circle, we came all the way around