Dark Brown Shade

The discarded left forgotten Left to rotten Crawled from hard place under da roc to get it poppin Propaganda propped up us to be da black face The face of crime n disease but we more then what y'all forced us to face Tuskegee guinue pigs for da pig pin to waste Took our alpha men stole our omega Told us you was better Called our hair nappy made beauty in your image Confused our women Raped n abused our women us too Look at da sickness you put us through Sporting fashions from designers that hate us But dey copy our swag That's what's leads em to a bigger bag Gave Nike it's name Gave Jordan its fame Gave u da blueprint da foundation in the frame Buy black da big pay back Penny for ya thoughts ya Betta save dat All ya options better way dat That chance you better take dat They started ahead told ya grand parents had to come in back Strange fruit hung in a three piece suit n a hat Silk socks n penny loafers So no matter what you wear theyll still get u over Cold world bundle up it's getting colder Hope it fade Through ruff waters we wade Freed da slaves jus to through us in a cage What you forsake came back in bigger way Turned some to animals look at what you made Look at what u hate Let da sun shine on my dark brown shade Madam walker got rich cuz sisters ain't see beauty in blackness Y'all champion the madness We at a disadvantage Game set they just tryna get the match We gotta get it back Hope you see the beauty in ya self when it's reflecting back Gotta love ya self ain't nobody gonna give u dat They give u scraps I can't get wit dat To much talking we need change A roaring lion kills no game A coward dies a thousand times da same Call us ugly but so many tryna resemble the image of our queens We came from royalty ruled everything u seen Make dis look good better than you ever dream Black beautifulist thing in dis world You better believe young Prince gold chain before the diamonds n pearls But I will achieve Everything that was meant for me Speak power flow wizardry Greg Nyce wit da symphony We got soul james brown on my energy Nat turner to my enemies Keep ya labels n ya Gucci frames I'm doing me in my dark brown shade