Seeds

[Hook: Mick Jenkins] We came from the dirt Standing tall as the trees They tried to bury us They didn't know that we were seeds, no They didn't know that we were seeds [Verse 1: Time] There's no justice on stolen land The POTUS is a soulless man This is for Jara's swollen hands No colonizer could own this land So give it back to the Cheyenne clan, Arapaho land to the Ute golden sands This is deeper than secrets that Snowden had, I'm dead and alive like Schrodinger's cat I never put my city on no road or map, 'cause racists already did that Just want justice for Sand Creek and to give Standing Rock their land back This is for my friend Jeanette Vizguerra, no gods, no masters, no fronteras Families belong together, no more deaths, no banderas How can you concentrate when kids are in concentration camps I can't relate I try to contemplate, the power documentation has, I'm anti-state Borders are scars on the earth, protected by capital what's your worth? They militarize to protect their turf, the cartel sell so you smoke your herb We coup their countries then build a wall, we poison their lands then siphon it off Abolish ice, free the children and all, when we all come together we frighten them off Knowledge of self is self defense but what's a border but a bloody fence What's a treaty but a word for theft, what's a seed? It's anti death They tried to rip out our roots and burn us like weeds, they didn't see our fruits, can't kill the truth Blood like water, life we bleed, they tried to bury us, didn't know we were seeds [Hook: Mick Jenkins] They didn't know that we were seeds, no They didn't know that we were seeds [Verse 2: Psalm One] Fuck, they mobbin' through the lobby Wu said Cash Rules Everything Around Me Hussein Hitler MAGA with a bounty American Tragedy I got the man on me Girl it don't matter you black or you brown We all from Africa, shut that shit down You actin' like they ain't gon' come for the poor and the weak Or the leaders that's putting in work the streets Okay My people gon' learn one day Hopefully it ain't too late Catch me in the field with a couple renegades I ain't never gon' change No way How they finna shut us up? We better learn the law we better uppercut We gotta bob and weave we got mouths to feed When they build them walls, you gon' know how to FLEE? Okay Now let me get this straight bitch My life don't matter, got kids in cages Right price, my data get flipped for racists On Facebook? Is you faking me? Yeah they hating me 'cause I blow the whistle Don't gotta clear shit up hoe you know it's Cristalle I'm militant plus I'm educated Got my cash up, no assimilation And I'm mad as fuck but tryna spread the love Met Mick Jenkins got my water up Met Time then we got to spreading seed This pedigree ain't never followed sheep So call me when you done snoozin' Plenty die but we done losin' If we ain't plottin' what the fuck we doin'? These seeds growin' and we feed the movement [Hook: Mick Jenkins] We came from the dirt Standing tall as the trees They tried to bury us They didn't know that we were seeds, no They didn't know that we were seeds