BLACK PARADE (Extended Version)

Ah I'm goin' back to the South I'm goin' back back back back Where my roots ain't watered down Growin' growin' like a Baobab tree Of life on fertile ground ancestors put me on game Ankh charm on gold chains with my Oshun energy oh Drip all on me woo Ankh or the Dashiki print Hol' up don't I smell like such a nag champa incense Yeah pure ice Ice ice Ice buss down Uh flooded Flooded flooded Flooded on my wrist out Ooh goin' up goin' up motherland motherland drip on me Ooh melanin melanin my drip is skin deep like Ooh motherland motherland motherland motherland drip on me Ooh yeah I can't forget my history is her-story yeah Being black maybe that's the reason why They always mad yeah they always mad yeah Been past 'em I know that's the reason why They all big mad and they always have been Honey come around my way around my hive Whenever mama say so mama say Here I come on my throne sittin' high Follow my parade oh my parade Talkin' slick to my folk My folk nip that lip like lipo Lipo You hear them swarmin' right Bees is known to bite Now here we come on our thrones sittin' high Follow my parade oh my parade Yeah yeah I'm for us all black All chrome Yeah black-owned Yeah Black tints Yeah matte black Yeah yeah Roll by my window down let 'em see who in it Crack a big smile Ding Go figure me and Jigga fifty 'leven children They like Chick how I charge my crystals in a full moon You could send them missiles I'ma send my goons Baby sister reppin' Yemaya Yemaya Trust me they gon' need an army Ah Rubber bullets bouncin' off me Ah Made a picket sign off your picket fence Ah Take it as a warning Ah ah Waist beads from Yoruba Woo Four hunnid billi' Mansa Musa Woo Stroll line to the barbeque Put us any-damn-where we gon' make it look cute Pandemic fly on the runway in my hazmat Judgin' runnin' through the house to my art all black Ancestors on the wall let the ghosts chit-chat Ancestors on the wall let the ghosts chit-chat Hold my hands we gon' pray together Lay down face down in the gravel Woo wearin' all attire white to the funeral Black love we gon' stay together Curtis Mayfield on the speaker Woo Lil' Malcolm Martin mixed with mama Tina Woo Need another march lemme call Tamika Woo Need peace and reparation for my people Woo Fuck these laid edges I'ma let it shrivel up Shrivel up Fuck this fade and waves I'ma let it dread all up Dread all up Put your fists up in the air show black love Show black love Motherland drip on me motherland motherland drip on me Honey come around my way around my hive Whenever mama say so mama say Here I come on my throne sittin' high Follow my parade oh my parade Talkin' slick to my folk My folk nip that lip like lipo Lipo Hear 'em swarmin' right Zz Bees is known to bite Zz zz Now here we come on our thrones sittin' high Follow my parade oh my parade We got rhythm We got rhythm we got pride We got pride We birth kings We birth kings we birth tribes We birth tribes Holy river Holy river holy tongue Holy tongue Speak the glory Speak the glory feel the love Feel the love Motherland motherland drip on me hey hey hey Motherland motherland drip on me hey hey hey I can't forget my history it's her-story Motherland drip on me motherland motherland drip on me Woo woo Being black maybe that's the reason why They always mad yeah they always mad yeah Been past 'em I know that's the reason why They all big mad and they always have been Honey come around my way around my hive My Whenever mama say so Hey mama say Hey hey Here I come on my throne sittin' high High Follow my parade oh my parade Hey hey hey Talkin' slick to my folk My folk nip that lip like lipo Lipo Hear 'em swarmin' right Zz Bees is known to bite Zz zz Now here we come on our thrones sittin' high Follow my parade oh black parade