It's OK To Be Black 2.0

The world will judge you But God knows your heart Black prayers from past years gon' settle in God is readin' the letters that we been mailin' in Melanin skin deep, they like to meddle in And put they knife to our wound, sharp on the metal end Metaphorically speakin', I'm at a world peace I met a girl who was weepin' and made her pearl cheeks glisten But no one listen, her curled kinks cover her brilliant mind Resilient kind, adapted, chameleon find Fillin' lines with lyrics, still couldn't do justice when touchin' her spirit Because she function from an unction, good luck with appearance The surface ain't just where her worth is 'cause her perseverance made it work when it didn't, walked the Earth with a vengeance Chocolate Hershey, goddess with posture defyin' the physics Of gravity, how she still laugh when her people were pillaged But from the steeple and the mountain top, Jac She still gon' say it proudly, "I'm black" Don't cry brother, it's okay to be black And don't cry baby, it's okay to be black Get up my son, nothing can hold you back And don't cry children, it's okay to be black Shine, shine (shine), you're beautiful inside (yeah) Hey, rise up, rise up, don't you know you can fly? Lookin' at this generation feelin' hopeless Lookin' 'cross my shoulder, keep my eyes open Keep my mind focus, ain't no hocus-pocus 'Cause when it's all said and done, they will all know us Tryna bring us down, keep us at our lowest You thought you broke us, ha-ha, but you woke us Be a leader, not a follower, a modern day Moses I'm the water to the seeds that become roses Black and beautiful (black) Head to my cuticles, darkness is what I'm movin' through (black) They want my eyes wide shut, that's just the usual (black) How have I not died yet? They tryna take my neck and put that shit through a noose Black on black on black, black on black, black, my skin is so black Black don't crack, that's why they gave us crack, now look where we at Once I get some reparation racks, watch how I react Keep that income tax, I need forty acres in the pack Don't let no one put you down Let me see your smile (let me see your smile) Don't cry brother, it's okay to be black (it's okay) Don't cry baby, it's okay to be black Get up my son, nothing can hold you back And don't cry children, it's okay to be black Shine, shine (shine), you're beautiful inside Rise up, rise up (hey), don't you know you can fly? Shine, shine, you're beautiful inside Shine, shine, you're beautiful inside Shine, shine, you're beautiful inside Shine, shine (shine), you're beautiful inside