Black Eye

[Hook: SANITY] Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) [Verse 1: SANITY] I don't feel like you care See I'm black everyday, baby, what's a black square? Don't focus on what's back there Got bare assets, more than I appear Life's not fair, I could never live in fear I ain't got a moment to spare, clear Know when I'm not welcome, see I've got that down to a stare (Yeah) Keep it steppin', like, yeah, I'ma head out Brush past 'em like the brother in get out Threatening when we're together, so they pressure us to spread out Can't swallow pride even when I know a fed out Hoarding rage that I know I can't let out Nah, nah, see we can't get loud Too aggressive keep my head down, but I'm so fed up Pressure to the neck, can't live in regret Trying to make a check, you know how it's set Dumb it down 'cause they question intellect See it in effect, reading for the depth Stay woke come in like we never slept Babylon got me feeling like a guest Walking in rooms they never would of guessed Asking me how I wanna be addressed Calling me lady in Adidas creps Don't ask my government why are you obsessed? (Baby, why you so obsessed?) Living rent free in your mind give me rest (Baby, give me rest) Why is you pressed? Pushing your luck, but you can't gimmie no reps Equality meeting just wasting my breath Lemme see what you've tackled, come gimme some refs [Hook: SANITY] Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) [Verse 2: Kofi Stone] Every day I wake up black and proud Tell me why they wanna a black man down White man took a black man's sound And white man rose and the black man drowned I was living in a white man's town Why the feds wanna pat man down? Might run up in downing street with a heater Then start letting of rounds Felt shivers its pain that were living in Stay with it they hate when you're diligent Racism ain't changed, just hidden in Am I way too brave for an immigrant? When you're this black prejudice ain't far from a dispatch I'm a riff raff 'cause the cainrowes tight And my skins not white, but I can't just take it and sit back You can really get down in a day Drowned in the rain, real shit allow the debate Couple heads still loud with the hate Sounding the same, so I point then I aim, then shoot it That's down to the pain Black with a vengeance, allow the delay Ring the alarm, get loud in the place It's time to go mad, so we lowed any breaks You don't wanna get caught slipping when you're black Gotta get through, so we're slipping in the gap You ain't gonna change shit sitting in the back If I see a racist hit 'em with a slap Can't go alone, so we did it in a pack I was in defence 'cause they was in attack Sitting on the fence ain't really where it's at I was tryna vent, so I put it in a rap [Hook: SANITY] Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) [Verse 3: SANITY] Not sitting on a fortune yet, still I'm not unfortunate Still we know our power, although we ain't got our portion yet Pay me what you owe me, not to tick the box the thought of it God forbid, can't let that sell, culture try to auction it My shoes you can not walk in it Excuse, you trying to tell me how to feel as if you know just how I feel You pick a colour then you morph in it The awkwardness, gas lighting torturers Say the past's the past, but too much black is too much forwardness My sister works in corporate, made to feel she's forcing it Like she's less important, see success and then they caution it The early bird gets the worm, but the black bird means they're mourning it These hashtags phony if you ain't really on calling it Out, I've lost count the amount I've been fuel up on doubt when they drown most your history How'd you find self? So I shout about beauty, I lost in myself What's problematic when pride's all I felt? [Hook: SANITY] Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never—) Took a hit (I bounce back) I'm enough (Never lack) Say I'm scarred (Never that) Make my mark (Know it's black) [Outro: SANITY] I bounce back Never lack Never that Know it's black I bounce back Never lack Never that Know it's black I bounce back Never lack Never that Know it's black I bounce back Never lack Never that Know it's black I bounce back Never lack Never that Know it's black