"The First" lyrics

"The First"

Aye, don't let none of these — disrespect you, you feel me
I got a song for that, you feel me
I got a song...
I'ma put these, I'ma put these haters in their place, you feel me
Ain't nobody gonna...

Oloṣun foreal, why you think nobody play me
Niggas die everyday b
Fuck the government what have they done for me lately
Need my reparations like bitch fuck you then pay me
I can't live a life of lies and all of the maybes
I be in my ride
Just tryna survive
Tryna keep my pride
Wonder why they always hating
Is cuz my vibe
You cannot deny
When I cook up
Whole world anticipating
I don't get a buck if I wake up and I'm waiting
I don't run from the sun when it wake me
Oloṣun foreal why you think nobody play me
I be giving life to ya mama and ya babies
Live by law
That universal
It's always gonna be a snake that's in ya inner circle
Always gonna rape the land that's wealthiest and fertile
Long as we program thoughts to trust the white folks on commercials
We leant out in Zimbabwe
Codeine, Bron-Clear it's the same thing
Cough syrup in our music cuz we drink the pain
And the government make money putting us in chains

Indigenous I'm on my sovereign shit
Royalty, I got a lot of it
Speaking of my blood, yeah I'm proud of it...

I be in my ride
Just tryna survive
Tryna keep my pride
Wonder why they always hating
Is it cuz my vibe
You cannot deny
When I cook up
Whole world anticipating
I don't get a buck if I wake up and I'm waiting
I don't run from the sun when it wake me
Oloṣun foreal why you think nobody play me
I be giving life to ya mama and ya babies

I don't know if I'm a conspiracy theorist, but I got theories?
Why we work until we weary?
Why we hurt don't wanna heal it?
I would let that shit burn
Let the world feel my fury
They colonizing disguised as investors
Old habits, new money, new Teslas
Big bro really tried to finesse us
Just ask Siri and Alexa
That's why I don't trust nobody
Especially not government
Fuck the president
Whoever else is running shit
Fuck the School to Prison pipeline
And free us, Free Palestine
Word on the street, you were the Savages
You were the caveman civilized by Africans
You are the minority, ain't that why you mad again?
They tried to kill us
Surprise bitch, we back again
Indigenous I'm on my sovereign shit
Royalty, I got a lot of it
Speaking of my blood, yeah I'm proud of it
Speaking of my blood, yeah I'm proud of it
Black soul and they shaking it at the sight of it
My soul gold and I got a lot of it
And my Mama's mamas who inspired it
Who ignited it

I be in my ride
Just tryna survive
Tryna keep my pride
Wonder why they always hating
Is it cuz my vibe
You cannot deny
When I cook up
Whole world anticipating
I don't get a buck if I wake up and I'm waiting
I don't run from the sun when it wake me
Oloṣun foreal why you think nobody play me
I be giving life to ya mama and ya babies


Writer(s): Thandi Young, Niambi Scott-murray, Kyleel Rolle
album: "vol. ii" (2022)
OSHUN - vol. ii album cover
Iya's Intro
(Instrumental)
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