Rise

I read it twice, I really tried to understand it You could never plan it Born with the world in my hands Writing these words, lighting the canvas People going on strike, seen across the world so candid Brutality and damage in our communities, it's hard to manage Four hundred years, we've been fighting just to live Holding back the tears, back when freedom was just an idea Still even now it's hard to see it Give me a reason to turn Incredible Hulk, I write these verses in bulk Spit 'em over the mic, they running up the results Temperature getting cold, it's pouring outta my soul Forgetting all that I've ever known To have grown through the things I was shown I had to do the most Gotta watch it close Rap for me is therapy, this another dose Happy and healthy, working on the best me Swagger zesty, built different like a lefty, Lionel Messi Balance is key, moving lightly Swift on my feet, follow me, I lead you to the light You know me, the one with the old soul and cold flows I wear a lot of clothes but you know that I don't fold The way that we prospering you would think that we struck gold Time is most important I can dish the assist but I'm usually scoring Order wine I eat the bread while the waiter pour it Then I order the Atlantic salmon can't ignore it I gotta need for speed you better keep up Ancestors, the Gods that we trust All the kings and queens from Egypt Underground music, it gets deeper where we from, no weak ones Hustle, I gotta get my g's up My blood is cold but it don't take much to heat up Not waiting on no government to free us Police coming round expecting you to freeze up, tryna take yo' freedom But you see us and the cloths that we cut from, different breeders To each his own, I got DNA they would probably clone Majesty all the way to the bone Tell me how many more movies they gonna make showing slaves or a black revolution Show you your past but never give you a solution All the old history just increase the pollution in young black minds Societal woes, and they think its all good cause they voted for Joe Government's a joke I suppose, It's all for show This might be the last curtain call Presidential wave acknowledging the applause Jada Pinkett flows, it's time to set it off Like Ricky, I'm just tryna be a boss