Blackness
Gang!
(Mama said)
Mama said, mama said, mama said
(Mama said)
Mama said, mama said, mama said, mama said
(Mama said)
Mama said, mama said, mama said
Mama said, mama said
Mama told me never be ashamed of my blackness
Coppers in da hood tryna rain on my blackness
Unappreciated you should never bleach ya blackness
'Cause da whole wide world going crazy over blackness
Mama told me never be ashamed of my blackness
Coppers in da hood tryna rain on my blackness
Unappreciated you should never bleach ya blackness
'Cause da whole wide world going crazy over blackness
Take a look at my life, feels like I got a spotlight on me
Even with the lights out, somehow they can't take they eyes of me
I know scrutiny when I see it
Feels like a trial that you know you ain't beatin'
Know you innocent but they choose not to see it
Like your name Ray Charles, maybe Stevie
Reasons, reasons where's the truth when you need it
Even with our hands up, get choked out fo' breathin'
Being black is quite hard we make it look easy
System tryna break us, 5-0 tryna kill me
Mind race a mile a minute, thinking 'bout different ways I'ma get it
Gotta stack bandos 'cause da fam gotta eat like Thanksgiving
Pray I make it home by dinner time
Sorry I was late I was tryna stay alive
You know black folks is rarely on time
But when they show up its da time of ya life
Mama told me never be ashamed of my blackness
Coppers in da hood tryna rain on my blackness
Unappreciated you should never bleach ya blackness
'Cause da whole wide world going crazy over blackness
Mama told me never be ashamed of my blackness
Coppers in da hood tryna rain on my blackness
Unappreciated you should never bleach ya blackness
'Cause da whole wide world going crazy over blackness
Black girl, thick thighs, strong mind, my type
Growing up hard on da east side
Growing up hard on da west side
Coming up hard from da south side
Don't they know we tryna get by
Don't they know we tryna get by
Don't you know we gon' get by
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
Down these streets
Please won't you just pray
Won't you pray for me
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
Down these streets
Please won't you just pray
Won't you pray for me
Hol' up, wait a minute
Ridin' 'round windows tinted
They all up in my juice like grape Kool-Aid
How many of us they gon' try and kill today
I'm melinated, I know I'm unique
I stay woke like I'm runnin' from sleep
Hard to close my eyes when it ain't a dream
Gods gift to da world, blackest thing that I ever seen
Mama told me never be ashamed of my blackness
Coppers in da hood tryna rain on my blackness
Unappreciated you should never bleach ya blackness
'Cause da whole wide world going crazy over blackness
Mama told me never be ashamed of my blackness
Coppers in da hood tryna rain on my blackness
Unappreciated you should never bleach ya blackness
'Cause da whole wide world going crazy over blackness
Black art, black art, black art
All I see is black art
Black art written a white wall
Illuminate da world like it's night fall
Dark knights, black Kings, black Queens
Black skin, black pride, blackness
Hey, black art, black art
Mama told me never be ashamed of my blackness
Coppers in da hood tryna rain on my blackness
Unappreciated you should never bleach ya blackness
'Cause da whole wide world going crazy over blackness
Writer/s: Adrian Sandy
