"It's OK To Be Black 2.0" lyrics
(feat. D Smoke & Buddy)
The world will judge you
But God knows your heart
Black prayers from past years gon' settle in
God is reading the letters that we've been mailing in
Melanin skin deep they like to meddle in
And put they knife to our wounds sharp on the metal end
Metaphorically speaking I'm meta world peacing
I met a girl who was weeping, it made her pearl cheeks glisten
But no one listen
Her curled kinks cover her brilliant mind
Resilient kind adapted chameleon fine
Filling lines with lyrics, still couldn't do justice when touching her spirit
Because she functions 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 defying the physics
Of gravity
How she still laugh when her people were pillaged
But from the steeple and the mountain top, Jack
She still gon' say it proudly, "I'm Black"
Don't cry, daughter (It's okay to be Black)
Don't cry, baby (It's okay to be Black)
Get up, my son, nothing can hold you back
Don't cry, children (It's okay to be Black)
Shine, shine
You're beautiful inside
Rise up, rise up
Don't you know you can fly?
Looking at this generation feeling hopeless
Looking 'cross my shoulder, keep my eyes open
Keep my mind focused, ain't no hocus pocus
'Cause When it's all said and done they will all know us
Trying to 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, modern-day Moses
I'm the water to the seeds that becomes roses
Black and beautiful (Black)
Head to my cuticles
Darkness is what I'm moving 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 and a pack
Don't let no one put you down
Let me see your smile
Don't cry, daughter (It's okay to be Black)
Don't cry, baby (It's okay to be Black)
Get up, my son, nothing can hold you back
Don't cry, children (It's okay to be Black)
Shine, shine
You're beautiful inside
Rise up, rise up
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
You're beautiful inside
But God knows your heart
Black prayers from past years gon' settle in
God is reading the letters that we've been mailing in
Melanin skin deep they like to meddle in
And put they knife to our wounds sharp on the metal end
Metaphorically speaking I'm meta world peacing
I met a girl who was weeping, it made her pearl cheeks glisten
But no one listen
Her curled kinks cover her brilliant mind
Resilient kind adapted chameleon fine
Filling lines with lyrics, still couldn't do justice when touching her spirit
Because she functions 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 defying the physics
Of gravity
How she still laugh when her people were pillaged
But from the steeple and the mountain top, Jack
She still gon' say it proudly, "I'm Black"
Don't cry, daughter (It's okay to be Black)
Don't cry, baby (It's okay to be Black)
Get up, my son, nothing can hold you back
Don't cry, children (It's okay to be Black)
Shine, shine
You're beautiful inside
Rise up, rise up
Don't you know you can fly?
Looking at this generation feeling hopeless
Looking 'cross my shoulder, keep my eyes open
Keep my mind focused, ain't no hocus pocus
'Cause When it's all said and done they will all know us
Trying to 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, modern-day Moses
I'm the water to the seeds that becomes roses
Black and beautiful (Black)
Head to my cuticles
Darkness is what I'm moving 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 and a pack
Don't let no one put you down
Let me see your smile
Don't cry, daughter (It's okay to be Black)
Don't cry, baby (It's okay to be Black)
Get up, my son, nothing can hold you back
Don't cry, children (It's okay to be Black)
Shine, shine
You're beautiful inside
Rise up, rise up
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
You're beautiful inside
