Black

I never lie I’m a product of this hip hop Accept the good the bad the ugly Never flip flop A matter of fact This the thang that Make me feel black People rep it round the world And it’s still black It’s still black our HBCU It’s still black the preachers in our Churches It’s still black fraternity sororities in Ourschools It’s still black the skin on our backs Baby Some say the blacker the berry The sweeter the juice PAC said the darker the flesh That means the deeper the roots Hard times we still alive O’ yes we the truth A lot of pride so deep inside This why we get loose We started kings and queens Then they took our crowns Made us build their dreams And then they kicked us down We produced their wealth Picking cotton in fields Yet we still not humans Only about 3/5ths Then they took the religion Beat down the untimid Made us do our dance While they rape our women Mentally we shackeld Because of hate we shattered Even way back then The Black Lives didn’t matter Though they made us wary We endured the fury Brothers lynched and hung With no trial nor jury Rest in power For Emmitt Till And George Stinney No jail time For A lot of murderers Still living I never lie I’m a product of this hip hop Accept the good the bad the ugly Never flip flop A matter of fact This the thang that Make me feel black People rep it round the world And it’s still black It’s still black all the good home cooking you Love It’s still black everything that makes you feel cook It’s still black all that you want to be It’s still black the entire continent of Africa I never lie We all a product of this hip hop Accept the good the bad the ugly Never flip flop A matter of fact This the thang that Make you feel black People rep it round the world But it’s still black It’s still black our barbershops It’s still black our beauty salons It’s still black the way we dance It’s still black the way we walk the Way we talk I remember Malcolm and Martin Was a thang to me Had us feeling like black Was the thang to be So you took them from us Cause They had us united Infiltrated the panthers Just The idea was too mighty O say you can see In the land of free How we kneeling for injustice While you stand on your feet We’re so powerful Better than a lot of you weak I’m erasing every racist In the states after me We Get locked up for the petty Overlooked for positions So much Jealous and envy Cause we are their competition Though we in hella conditions That don’t stop our mission Some medicinal support Gone help us get through the issue We’ve come a long way A lot of leaders gone away Yet there’s still a lot of black power And it’s gonna stay We are the culture On the media like everyday Influence tv and the music In a major way I never lie I’m a product of this hip hop Accept the good the bad the ugly Never flip flop A matter of fact This the thang that Make me feel black People rep it round the world And it’s still black It’s still black we gave you the gospel Music It’s still black we came with The rhythm and blues It’s still black gave you The good soul music It’s still black then we came with That hip hop baby I never lie We all a product of this hip hop Accept the good the bad the ugly Never flip flop A matter of fact This the thang that Make you feel black People rep it round the world But it’s still black It’s still black everything about us Man It’s still black you love us you Love our style It’s still black you know you love me It’s still black yeah yeah Black lives We are the influence Over the world