Myrlie

[Verse 1: Rapsody] Black widow, young kiddo Tear stained pillow, 'nother black man died Wade in the water, I don't mean baptized Dark ass times, can't bat no eye I see 'em, our BMs IBM windows, they don't look through ours We got a fire and it's big like Cali's But they ain't for us, we ain't Forrest They only for it, if we servin' time Butler boys, that's a bigger crime We gave ours to the rallies, funerals, black Denalis Can't let a day go by Esau, she saw, Eric die We saw people cry, think about all of our people's wives Raise the kids in the world they know ain't safe to live Like Myrlie, emergency The mirror me said I could be her too, the day I say I do [Chorus: Mereba] Black men bleeding, it's your time Not so funny, Valentine Take, don't take, my love away (Oh don't you) Take, don't take, my love away Made a widow from a wife Took the love of my whole life Take, don't take, my love away (Oh don't you) Take, don't take, my love away [Verse 2: Rapsody] Yeah Invisible veil, Coretta wore that, you could see Israel Martin Luther wasn't a big enough deal? Trayvon Martin ain't a big enough deal? I kid you not How many Martin's we had shot? Pouring Remy Martin on the block In memory, documented by the Roc Yeah, I hope you watched, let's talk about What Betty did, she saw X die We saw X die, how Betty did Now when I exit, for the baby kid Cry for the baby Mama and the baby crib That's a broken home, I could be on that That's reality, that's a big ol' fact 'Cause I'ma marry black, a hard truth Think about the widows, that could be us too [Spoken Word Interlude: Reyna Biddy] Myrlie, I miss you Miss Myrlie. Still holding yourself to sleep all night, still drunk off the shit that keeps you up at night. Still feel haunted, still exhausted. I can love you if you needing love Myrlie. Can you love me back? [Chorus: Mereba] Black men bleeding, it's your time Not so funny, Valentine Take, don't take, my love away (Oh don't you) Take, don't take, my love away Made a widow from a wife Took the love of my whole life Take, don't take, my love away (Oh don't you) Take, don't take, my love away