Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Yeah
Yeah, we live in fear but we still brave (Still brave)
We free-think but we still slaves (Still slaves)
We can't sink, bitch, we still the wave (Oh)
We spend foolish but we still save (Yeah)
We say, "Fuck Gucci" but we still wear it
Long way from the trap, my fifth trip to Paris
It's still apparent (Oh), crack is still fairest
Shoutout to ones who show respect when they get near us, yeah (Yeah)
They set limits, we ain't have limits (Yeah)
This that real shit, we ain't have gimmicks (Yeah)
I ain't tryna be a pastor or Catholic with it (Nah, nah)
But we keep God first (Nah, nah) even though we last in it (Yeah)
They burnt the bridge so we learned to swim (In the water)
Everything they taught was fake, so we
Learned again (Teach our daughters)
They ignored us and they looked over (Now we want love)
Now we the ones they bookin' over and over (Yeah)
They gave us scraps, we made soul food (Woah)
They been wearin' Rollies, we made those cool (Oh, oh)
Back in the '80s, I'm talkin' old school
They wasn't fly on them rich white old dudes (Yeah)
It don't be lent until the culture choose it (Woah)
And then everybody do it how the culture do it (Yeah, nah)
Feel it in your soul, this that culture music
If you don't feel it, need to add a little culture to it (Yeah)
You may not love me
But you love everything that I do
You want it for yourself, yeah
You're so scared of me (I'm scared)
But you love everything that I do (Yeah)
You really love me (You really love me)
We stay fly but we ain't got wings (Wings)
Go through nightmares to achieve dreams (Dreams)
I'm suffocated by my own beliefs (Yeah)
I got breath but I can't breathe
I'm tryna stand for somethin' other than the streets
But all my resources is rooted in runnin' from police (Damn)
It's like I was designed to deal with bigotry
'Cause all the good I've done gets erased by white supremacy
Josiah Henson tried to buy freedom, they cut his cost
Then rewrote our history and start callin' him Uncle Tom
If I call a man a coon and get enough people to agree
Then let a hundred years pass, what you think that they gon' believe?
They build us up to break us in pieces to spread poverty
And every time we find a way out, we see inequality (Damn)
You crippled me just to feel you above me
Your people hate so much, I'm startin' to think that you love me
You may not love me
But you love everything that I do
You want it for yourself, yeah
You're so scared of me (I'm scared)
But you love everything that I do
You really love me (You really love me
You really love me, you really love me)
You really love me (You really love me
You really love me, you really love me)
You really love me (You really love me
You really love me, you really love me)
You really love me (You really love me
You really love me, you really love me)