[00:19.34] Ah [00:23.40] I'm goin' back to the South [00:25.34] I'm goin' back, back, back, back [00:27.42] Where my roots ain't watered down [00:29.37] Growin', growin' like a Baobab tree [00:31.31] Of life on fertile ground, ancestors put me on game [00:35.33] Ankh charm on gold chains, with my Oshun energy, oh [00:39.82] Drip all on me, woo, Ankh or the Dashiki print [00:43.83] Hol' up, don't I smell like such a nag champa incense? [00:47.91] Yeah, pure ice (ice), ice (ice), buss down [00:51.84] Uh, flooded (flooded), flooded (flooded), on my wrist, out [00:55.98] Ooh, goin' up, goin' up, motherland, motherland drip on me [00:59.90] Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like [01:03.88] Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me [01:07.89] Yeah, I can't forget my history is her-story, yeah [01:12.45] Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad [01:17.34] Yeah, they always mad, yeah [01:20.49] Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad [01:25.54] And they always have been [01:27.31] Honey, come around my way, around my hive [01:30.79] Whenever mama say so, mama say [01:35.35] Here I come on my throne, sittin' high [01:38.82] Follow my parade, oh, my parade [01:43.42] Talkin' slick to my folk (my folk), nip that lip like lipo (lipo) [01:47.14] You hear them swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite [01:51.18] Now here we come on our thrones sittin' high [01:54.94] Follow my parade, oh, my parade [01:59.38] Yeah, yeah, I'm for us, all black [02:03.44] All chrome, black-owned [02:05.34] Black tints, matte black [02:07.39] Roll by, my window down, let 'em see who in it [02:09.79] Crack a big smile (ding) [02:11.35] Go figure, me and Jigga, fifty 'leven children [02:13.84] They like, "Chick, how?" [02:15.21] I charge my crystals in a full moon [02:18.13] You could send them missiles, I'ma send my goons [02:22.27] Baby sister reppin' Yemaya (Yemaya) [02:23.85] Trust me, they gon' need an army (ah) [02:25.85] Rubber bullets bouncin' off me (ah) [02:27.80] Made a picket sign off your picket fence (ah) [02:29.86] Take it as a warning (ah, ah) [02:31.30] Waist beads from Yoruba (woo) [02:33.39] Four hunnid billi', Mansa Musa (woo) [02:35.36] Stroll line to the barbeque [02:37.28] Put us any-damn-where, we gon' make it look cute [02:39.37] Pandemic fly on the runway in my hazmat [02:41.62] Judgin', runnin' through the house to my art, all black [02:43.63] Ancestors on the wall let the ghosts chit-chat [02:45.67] (Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat) [02:47.36] Hold my hands, we gon' pray together [02:49.44] Lay down, face down in the gravel [02:51.36] Woo, wearin' all attire white to the funeral [02:53.41] Black love, we gon' stay together [02:55.36] Curtis Mayfield on the speaker (woo) [02:57.18] Lil' Malcolm, Martin mixed with mama Tina (woo) [02:59.16] Need another march, lemme call Tamika (woo) [03:01.15] Need peace and reparation for my people (woo) [03:03.33] Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up (shrivel up) [03:07.34] Fuck this fade and waves, I'ma let it dread all up (dread all up) [03:11.30] Put your fists up in the air, show black love (show black love) [03:15.88] Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me [03:19.44] Honey, come around my way, around my hive [03:22.69] Whenever mama say so, mama say [03:27.43] Here I come on my throne, sittin' high [03:30.98] Follow my parade, oh, my parade [03:35.31] Talkin' slick to my folk (my folk), nip that lip like lipo (lipo) [03:39.26] You hear 'em swarmin', right? (bzz) Bees is known to bite (bzz, bzz) [03:43.15] Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high [03:46.96] Follow my parade, oh, my parade [03:51.42] We got rhythm (we got rhythm) [03:53.45] We got pride (we got pride) [03:55.33] We birth kings (we birth kings) [03:57.42] We birth tribes (we birth tribes) [03:59.44] Holy river (holy river) [04:01.40] Holy tongue (holy tongue) [04:03.30] Speak the glory (speak the glory) [04:05.41] Feel the love (feel the love) [04:06.92] Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey [04:10.93] Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey [04:14.89] I can't forget my history, it's her-story [04:19.88] Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me, woo, woo [04:24.37] Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad [04:29.35] Yeah, they always mad, yeah [04:32.40] Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad [04:37.33] And they always have been [04:39.34] Honey, come around my way, around my hive (my) [04:42.66] Whenever mama say so (hey), mama say (hey, hey) [04:47.40] Here I come on my throne, sittin' high (high) [04:50.88] Follow my parade, oh, my parade (hey, hey, hey) [04:55.30] Talkin' slick to my folk (my folk), nip that lip like lipo (lipo) [04:59.10] You hear 'em swarmin', right? (bzz) Bees is known to bite (bzz, bzz) [05:03.27] Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high [05:06.84] Follow my parade, oh, black parade [05:10.27]