Shackles

Black boy in a fallen world, I was born with these golden curls I was taken from mother Africa, transported across the earth Don't tell me that you've never heard that my skin equates to dirt My name was Adedayo, I came here and it changed to Earl Woah, on different days we tried different ways to sit at the table yo No they gave us no plate, no slice of the cake, and they're spreading fables yo Them they're getting away with terrible statements like it's their nature bro Woah we holding in parades in different places to celebrate a month My broskis sold keys, my OGs they sold bricks In cold breeze for more cheese and then gunned down by the police No no, you don't know me, don't tell me, you got to show me If you're against me or you're for me, where there's no justice, it's no peace Stand in the rain, could you feel my pain, look to the heavens and pray I'm on my way, open the gate and this is what I got to say Come on now, light of the world, now shine your light on the world Come on now, light of the world, now shine your light on the world No, I won't sit, I'm determined to break these shackles Oh Jesus please, would you help me to break these shackles No, I won't sleep, I'm determined to break these shackles Oh Jesus please, would you help me to break these shackles Second chance is really not a thing, so how do I get to live my dreams Cause the moment you go on a record, be guaranteed you're paying with your being What they're saying now is that we're free, but the freedom is really just a breach Now we're gon need more than Meek Mill and Jigga to tell everybody what's free Poverty shouldn't be part of me, tryna stay afloat in this economy And the mainstream wanna drown me of my confidence with no apology We're the children of the sun, we come from nothing, from the bottom of the pond And oh, I got my eyes on the throne, but in the scheme of things I'm just a pawn I have always been, they try to keep it so, you would know if you read your history though From a black to a negro to a nigga to a POC, they don't even wanna hear my POV Oh God, would you break the chains, the barricades they try set up in my way, way My soul for real, this candy rain leaves nothing in my mouth but a bitter taste, taste Stand in the rain, could you feel my pain, look to the heavens and pray I'm on my way, open the gate and this is what I got to say Come on now, light of the world, now shine your light on the world Come on now, light of the world, now shine your light on the world No, I won't sit, I'm determined to break these shackles Oh Jesus please, would you help me to break these shackles No, I won't sleep, I'm determined to break these shackles Oh Jesus please, would you help me to break these shackles Break these shackles, break these shackles Break these shackles, break these shackles Break these shackles, break these shackles Break these shackles, break these shackles