"Swallowing My Pride" lyrics
The revolution will not be digitized
They called her a Marxist
A fraction of the truth, she's an artist
Looking for the meaning, what the past is
Trying to understand who she is
Take a breath, she's a s-s-sociologist
Looking for the truth through the politics
Systems in the hierarchy calls
But no one ever seems to really know
Does the world know?
Swallowing all my pride, it is difficult
Trying to hide all my lies, feel invisible
Bleeding from the in-inside, psychological
More than physical, more than physical
Tears rolling down my eyes, it's emotional
Trying to understand my life, kinda manic though
Moving on the wrong side, it's political
More than physical, it's societal
When they took my name
I never thought that I would ever be the same
A broken version of myself, I carried their pain
I'm guessing in a miracle, this melanin is magical
My culture's not a spectacle
We're holding plans, not plantations
I do what I can, new foundations
I'm a strong woman, new creations
Black-Black-Black is beautiful, Black-Black-Black is beautiful
Swallowing all my pride, it is difficult
Trying to hide all my lies, feel invisible
Bleeding from the in-inside, psychological
More than physical, more than physical
Tears rolling down my eyes, it's emotional
Trying to understand my life, kinda manic though
Moving on the wrong side, it's political
More than physical, it's societal
Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah
Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah (It's political)
Everybody just keep singing your song
As we dance through the streets, keep on singing your song, yeah
Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah (The revolution will not be digitized)
Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah (It's political)
Everybody just keep singing your song (The revolution will not be digitized)
As we dance through the streets, keep on singing your song, yeah (It's political)
Swallowing all my pride, it is difficult
Trying to hide all my lies, feel invisible
Bleeding from the in-inside, psychological
More than physical, more than physical
Tears rolling down my eyes, it's emotional
Trying to understand my life, kinda manic though
Moving on the wrong side, it's political
More than physical, it's societal
Somewhere in the spaces I fall
Somewhere in the spaces I fall
Somewhere in the spaces I fall
Somewhere in the spaces I fall
You give me life, you give me life
You give me something that I can hold onto
They called her a Marxist
A fraction of the truth, she's an artist
Looking for the meaning, what the past is
Trying to understand who she is
Take a breath, she's a s-s-sociologist
Looking for the truth through the politics
Systems in the hierarchy calls
But no one ever seems to really know
Does the world know?
Swallowing all my pride, it is difficult
Trying to hide all my lies, feel invisible
Bleeding from the in-inside, psychological
More than physical, more than physical
Tears rolling down my eyes, it's emotional
Trying to understand my life, kinda manic though
Moving on the wrong side, it's political
More than physical, it's societal
When they took my name
I never thought that I would ever be the same
A broken version of myself, I carried their pain
I'm guessing in a miracle, this melanin is magical
My culture's not a spectacle
We're holding plans, not plantations
I do what I can, new foundations
I'm a strong woman, new creations
Black-Black-Black is beautiful, Black-Black-Black is beautiful
Swallowing all my pride, it is difficult
Trying to hide all my lies, feel invisible
Bleeding from the in-inside, psychological
More than physical, more than physical
Tears rolling down my eyes, it's emotional
Trying to understand my life, kinda manic though
Moving on the wrong side, it's political
More than physical, it's societal
Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah
Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah (It's political)
Everybody just keep singing your song
As we dance through the streets, keep on singing your song, yeah
Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah (The revolution will not be digitized)
Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah (It's political)
Everybody just keep singing your song (The revolution will not be digitized)
As we dance through the streets, keep on singing your song, yeah (It's political)
Swallowing all my pride, it is difficult
Trying to hide all my lies, feel invisible
Bleeding from the in-inside, psychological
More than physical, more than physical
Tears rolling down my eyes, it's emotional
Trying to understand my life, kinda manic though
Moving on the wrong side, it's political
More than physical, it's societal
Somewhere in the spaces I fall
Somewhere in the spaces I fall
Somewhere in the spaces I fall
Somewhere in the spaces I fall
You give me life, you give me life
You give me something that I can hold onto
Writer(s): V V Brown
