Facts

Peace does not come before salvation and salvation does not come without truth I will only tell the truth I will only tell the truth Incoming! Truth, truth, truth, truth Truth, truth, truth, truth, truth People wonderin', "Is he woke or just a new slave?" Old religion, he just covered it with new chains Choppin' out the church, he ain't real, he fake He divisive, he don't rep the King, he just want the fame Aw man, now they actin' like I'm suddenly political Told me shut my mouth and get my checks from Evangelicals Boy, my momma raised me, on Angela and Eldridge Chuck Berry made it, but the credit went to Elvis Know you never knew that, know you think I'm too black I just think I'm too real, I grew up on 2Pac You grew up thinkin' that the Panthers was some terrorists I grew up hearin' how they fed my momma eggs and grits "'Crae, they say you should follow in the steps of King" I say, "You've forgotten how they shot him in the streets" I ain't really changed, it's the same old rebel Still a radical, I'm passionate, it's just another level (leggo!) AT told me I should fight back They don't like that (they don't) Just know if you rock the boat you better have a life raft (what?) BJ told me I should fight back They don't like that Just know if you rock the boat you better have a life raft, woo! I will only tell the truth (facts) People cannot abide by a truth. They prefer fantasy over reality... (facts) I will only tell the truth I am for truth no matter who tells it I will only tell the truth I am for justice no matter who it is for or against (facts) Rose up out the dungeon I was feelin' haunted Now I'm bein' hunted And I'm on a hunnid Hit the gas, gunning Skip the past running Tell 'em they could bring that If they really want it I, I'm on the hometeam You just running with the wrong team Never take 'em with the heavyweights or, boy, you'll die and need a little protein Southside off a Yellowstone, had a ham bone and a white tee Got a 12-pack of that real talk in the trunk, tell 'em, "Come find me" Draped up, dripped out, covered in the blood Man, I hang where they cripped out, sippin' on the mud Where they swingin', got the whips out, watch 'em pop trunk Yeah, I know it's hella dark, but I'm tryna light it up Now these people swear they on me, sendin' out threats Told me keep my mouth shut, told me be a Stepin Fetchit I will not oblige to your colonized way of faith My Messiah died for the world, not just USA They say, "Jesus was Conservative" Tell 'em, "That's a lie" No, He not a Liberal either if you think I'll choose a side They say, "'Crae, you so divisive, shouldn't be a black church" I say, "Do the math, segregation started that first!" Hey, you want unity? Then read a eulogy Kill the power that exists up under you and over me I said, you want unity? Then read a eulogy Kill the power that exists up under you and over me, woo! (facts) So reconciliation or conciliation requires defrauded parties to be made whole. Not just apologizing for the offense I was waitin' for the right time to tell y'all how I feel And, yeah, I know that it hurts, but look, it's gon' heal I waited 'til I was on prime time before I let y'all know And you prolly won't wanna hear my music no mo' But it's all good, man, I love y'all Hope you know that I'm black black Traded my Smart Car for a Cadillac, can you handle that? And I love God I love Jesus, the one out of Nazareth Not the European with the ultra perm and them soft eyes and them thin lips And I'm still hood Been in the 'burbs for quite some time But I still might hit the gas station for the Lemonheads and the pork rinds And I'm on one Yeah, 116 been real Binghamton, Tennessee, from Third Ward to Ceiling Hill And I live a multiple world, call me a hybrid 'cause I'm so black Young theologian who educated, but still be at that Chicken Shack, yeah Lemme get a two piece