Colors

[Intro: TeaMarrr] Don't make me verbally— Don't make me verbally son you Don't make me verbally gun you Don't make me verbally hunt you down, yeah [Verse 1: TeaMarrr] Pardon my palette, I was made this dark I still bleed red though my hair is coarse Miss me with that fake guilt and fake remorse Ask me how I feel, you just make it worse They say that they love the rainbow I know they hate when it reigns, though They want us back in our stables, labeled (Yeah, yeah) Black dreams standing in the same light Killing us in daylight so we never take flight Black dreams, smother them 'til flatline Shoot me for a brake light 'cause we're not the same kind [Chorus: TeaMarrr] I'm just a color (Oh-oh, oh-oh) I don't want no problems (Boo-la, boo-la, la, da-da-da-da, la, da-da-da-da, la-la) I'm just a color (Oh-oh, oh-oh) I don't want no problems (Boo-la, boo-la, la, da-da-da-da, la, da-da-da-da, la-la) [Verse 2: TeaMarrr & Wale] Just tryna find a way in this shade They feel a way and then they piss shade, ah I'm just a color, I'm just a color Karen, let me be great Hands up in the air, don't shoot (Shoot) Don't wanna see another name hashtag, woo (Yeah, okay) Tryna dull my saturation, oh (Look, look, look) [Verse 3: Wale] Look how I'm comin' through The system full of lies, but my eyes know the truth We humble, they be quiet, it's a riot, then they cool The black hate the blue 'cause the blue shoot whatever Which mostly is the blacks, 'cause the blue be acting yellow And the whites seeing red 'cause the blacks ain't goin' The orange in the office on that green 'cause he golfing I hate when brothers hate when brothers gay 'cause why you bashin'? A black hate a rainbow, then a black hate the palette I'm tired of being passive, I'm tired of being fed up It's purple in this Backwood, it's brown in this red cup It's black lives matter, the road painted yellow If we doin' this together, then let's go and paint forever [Chorus: TeaMarrr] I'm just a color (Oh-oh, oh-oh) I don't want no problems (Boo-la, boo-la, la, da-da-da-da, la, da-da-da-da, la-la) I'm just a color (Oh-oh, oh-oh) I don't want no problems (Boo-la, boo-la, la, da-da-da-da, la, da-da-da-da, la-la) I don't want no problems, problems, yeah [Bridge: TeaMarrr] Can't see my rise, don't be color blind My struggle came from the spoken lies And my broken eyes and these broken thighs And this broken mind You look at me and just wonder why I'm black as fuck and feel so divine It's like I'm bliss To the bullshit, to the bullshit 'Cause I'm just a color [Outro: TeaMarrr] Mmm, mmm Mmm, mmm Ba-ba-da-da, a-ba-da-da Mmm, mmm Mmm, mmm Ba-ba-da-da, a-ba-da-da Mmm, mmm Mmm, mmm Ba-ba-da-da, a-ba-da-da