I AM BLACK

[Intro]

I am black, I'm black

I am black, black

I am black, I'm black

I am black, black

[Verse 1]

Heavenly Father, sorry to bother

I know you got a lotta shit that you gotta

Deal with, but on some real shit

Right now I'm in a bother and thought I should holler, yeah

Heavenly Father, sorry to bother

How come me and my brother were born in the gutter?

How come everybody there was a similar colour?

Do you fight for one side and not for the other? Uh

Put some black in my step

Tell them, "Run me my check"

I want money, respect

I am black, so it's difficult loving myself

I am black and I not tryna run from myself

[Pre-Chorus]

The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice

Turning nothing into something is something we do

They wanna see us sing blues and die on the news

Pour some juice and scream from the roof

[Chorus]

I am black, hmm, I'm black

I am black, I'm black

I am black, hmm, I'm black

I am black, I'm black (Yeah, black, I am black)

[Verse 2]

Heavenly Father, sorry to bother

But I can't really wait till the day when we meet in nirvana

Brother, sorry, this is something you gotta do

Are you like me? You're from the gutter and love all the drama too

'Cause I'm losing my religion and REM sleep

In these streets, we play for keeps, it's hardly that deep

Imagine living life scared you could die on the streets

Any day any week, mothers pray and they weep

I hate that everybody dropped the same colour as me

He's the same colour as me, but he's fucking with me

Now I'm walking down the strip with some blood on my cheek

'Cause somebody called me a "nigga" and fucked with my chi

Now I'm walking down the strip with some blood on my face

Heavenly Father, do you know how much blood I have tasted?

All my brothers looked to demons for father replacements

'Cause our fathers fucked off so our mums couldn't raise us

Fuck your angels, how the fuck you expect me to praise them?

They probably kill and steal just like us, I won't know which ones I could trust

Heavenly Father, I know you're not the one to blame for this shit

But some days it feels like I'm out here just taking blame for this shit

Heavenly Father, do you know how long I been taking this shit?

We carried blades for this shit

I grew up with an idea that they gave us AIDS in this shit

Man, I got raised in this shit, start explaining this shit

And I ain't praising you till you give me some praise in this shit

They see my face and they think I am just a slave on a ship

We had to slave for this shit, they killed our greats for this shit

Rest in peace Bob Marley, you're a saint in this shit

[Pre-Chorus]

You will never catch man around no fake crowd

And I will never lie down when they say stay down

I never got to play ball in the playground

Too busy moving 8-balls in the playground

[Chorus]

I am black, I am black, hmm

I'm black, black

I am black, I am black, hmm

I'm black (Yeah), black, I'm black

[Verse 3]

Heavenly Father, thank you for the sun in the sky

And thank you for a reason for life

Thank you for the things they'll never steal

Send me a sign to show me you're real, you don't know how this feels

Heavenly Father, excuse my rage

I don't know why it is how it is but it's how it has stayed

And it's probably the shit that my grandkids will face

Anyway I'm gone, if I need you I'll holler again

Bye

[Outro]

I'm black, I am black

I am black

I am black

I am black, I am black