I AM BLACK

[Intro] I am black, I'm black I am black, black I am black, I'm black I am black, black [Verse 1] Heavenly Father, sorry to bother I know you got a lotta shit that you gotta Deal with, but on some real shit Right now I'm in a bother and thought I should holler, yeah Heavenly Father, sorry to bother How come me and my brother were born in the gutter? How come everybody there was a similar colour? Do you fight for one side and not for the other? Uh Put some black in my step Tell them, "Run me my check" I want money, respect I am black, so it's difficult loving myself I am black and I not tryna run from myself [Pre-Chorus] The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice Turning nothing into something is something we do They wanna see us sing blues and die on the news Pour some juice and scream from the roof [Chorus] I am black, hmm, I'm black I am black, I'm black I am black, hmm, I'm black I am black, I'm black (Yeah, black, I am black) [Verse 2] Heavenly Father, sorry to bother But I can't really wait till the day when we meet in nirvana Brother, sorry, this is something you gotta do Are you like me? You're from the gutter and love all the drama too 'Cause I'm losing my religion and REM sleep In these streets, we play for keeps, it's hardly that deep Imagine living life scared you could die on the streets Any day any week, mothers pray and they weep I hate that everybody dropped the same colour as me He's the same colour as me, but he's fucking with me Now I'm walking down the strip with some blood on my cheek 'Cause somebody called me a "nigga" and fucked with my chi Now I'm walking down the strip with some blood on my face Heavenly Father, do you know how much blood I have tasted? All my brothers looked to demons for father replacements 'Cause our fathers fucked off so our mums couldn't raise us Fuck your angels, how the fuck you expect me to praise them? They probably kill and steal just like us, I won't know which ones I could trust Heavenly Father, I know you're not the one to blame for this shit But some days it feels like I'm out here just taking blame for this shit Heavenly Father, do you know how long I been taking this shit? We carried blades for this shit I grew up with an idea that they gave us AIDS in this shit Man, I got raised in this shit, start explaining this shit And I ain't praising you till you give me some praise in this shit They see my face and they think I am just a slave on a ship We had to slave for this shit, they killed our greats for this shit Rest in peace Bob Marley, you're a saint in this shit [Pre-Chorus] You will never catch man around no fake crowd And I will never lie down when they say stay down I never got to play ball in the playground Too busy moving 8-balls in the playground [Chorus] I am black, I am black, hmm I'm black, black I am black, I am black, hmm I'm black (Yeah), black, I'm black [Verse 3] Heavenly Father, thank you for the sun in the sky And thank you for a reason for life Thank you for the things they'll never steal Send me a sign to show me you're real, you don't know how this feels Heavenly Father, excuse my rage I don't know why it is how it is but it's how it has stayed And it's probably the shit that my grandkids will face Anyway I'm gone, if I need you I'll holler again Bye [Outro] I'm black, I am black I am black I am black I am black, I am black