My Victory

[Verse 1: MK Asante] Woke this morning, claimed victory Velcro that good energy so it stick to me Sun shining, so, that shade don't get to me It's a new day, I'm seeing things differently Like, maybe some things wasn't meant for me Or maybe they just wasn't meant to be Always rep, bench-mark consistency Consistently, Fed-Ex with the delivery Open doors for Hip-Hop, that's chivalry Flow take you another place, that's Tennesse That triumphant thump that you can run with They say it can't be done but we dun done it My life's a memoir, Buck, kept it a hundred [Hook] My victory [Verse 2: MK Asante] Feel the shift, pinky to keyboard Devils shook 'cause I don't spit for lil' rewards I spit for lil' 'cause booked across three wards Dreams of seashores but sure never see shores Navigate like Miss Jakes through life's detours Bang a right at the light and round the applause Thank you, thank you, far too kind Man, they can't see us winning, far too blind Beams of light still peaking thru faulty blinds My Philly boys really sharper than porcupines So, what's up? We tryna find a cookout Look-out young bucks, get took-out on the crook-route Got Bad jawns pulling my good book out [Hook] My victory [Verse 3: Maya Angelou] Young women, young men of color We add our voices to the voices of your ancestors Who speak to you over ancient seas And across impossible mountain tops [Hook] My victory [Verse 4: Maya Angelou] Come up from the gloom of national neglect You have already been paid for Come out of the shadow of irrational prejudices You owe no racial debt to history The blood of our bodies and the prayers of our soul Have bought for you a future without shame Bright beyond the telling of it [Hook] My victory [Verse 5: Maya Angelou] You are the best we have You are all we have You are what we have become My name is Maya Angelou