Portrait

[Verse 1: Navy Blue] Strangest way to live is in the far past, why my Black people gotta scar badly? Bar caps and keloids, dog tags, most of us alike, the foundation, but a raft made changes Path made dangerous, liftin' off the mask to expose my aged face Choice left marks, not a part of goin' apeshit Faith It's innate, night and day, my bitterness awaits Blew the candles out, but never touched the cake Threw the damage out to glow within a cave Thoughts cavin' in Thoughts came and went, can't resist Had a vision of me bleedin' out Metaphorically The saints marchin' in, fleur de lises Mona Lisa eyes, set for the region, same evil Different strokes for ashamed people A lotta niggas tryna bribe the gatekeepers I've gotta stay peaceful, truthfully, yo' harder ties sink deeper [Verse 2: Moor Mother] Let me come in to hold accountable the reaper, tales from the creeper From the bottom of the forty liter I guess the genre rock-bottom, handcuff the Gotham Empty buck, fuck it, we gon' write without 'em Pen a cage Shank a blade Back against the wall, a space to rage It don't matter, it's all matter, if you swing hard enough, the blood pit-patter Took a vowel, I'm a spell caster He wen' verse, I came after Same chapter Second verse (Yuh) (Okay) Came to the show with the severed head of a demon, screamin' Y'all ain't fuckin' with me I ain't fuckin' for free (Yo) Hack the timeline while y'all was whippin' up salt pies, I had the neckbones, pigeon peas Ask Ms. Beverly Had the vinegar and collard greens (I did) Luau around the pigs, let the kids cut at the ankles Put a shank through the pig's eye, like thank you [Verse 3: billy woods] Swollen rivers, gold diggers, waist-deep in the muck Tropical heat, you caught the shivers Uniform change, but it be the saaame niggas The saaame agendas, told my kid Don't let no white man take your picture The way these muhfuckas act, maybe you really can take it wit' ya I can't call it, just call the lawyer Told the fortune teller, no spoilers While you were whippin' water, I had grits in the double boiler Pork belly under the broiler Broccoli rabe, olive oil, I learned the game from Ms. Porter Bow my head, one eye open, give thanks, bredren, we did it for the culture