Roots of Blue

[Intro: Jacinto Rhines & Blu]

*vocalising*

Blue interlude

What's wrong the beast's sky blue hue?

In Aciboo where dark culture grew before the Dutch man came his claim Zulu land in apartheid's name

Slowed the - so low down the white hunters sink to make this beauty beast extinct

Blue beast of beauty made by God

Zulu man's brother man his native man saw

A green land turned blue by pale weak men who care not what their creed would do

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They raid sweet lands of the beasty blue

Blue like blue sea, blue like blue sky, blue like blue me

All blue like you and I beyond the melody

Blue [?] destiny

Yo, check it

[Verse 1: Blu]

Yo, I'm the first man standing upright, holding a stone in my hand

After beating an ape, claiming the land

Taking the stand and feeding my fam

Back when man ate their children, I'm killing other animals just to nurture them

I journey further from mine, my people, into another culture

Not knowin' my brothers 'bout to come and take over (Ayo)

We made it all the way to Asia and to Australia

Then made the passage to the Americas after all behavior

Came home and they started makin' homes out of stone

Showin' tribes around 'em how much they've grown

Yo, I'm normal at the end of the of start of civilization

I'm shuttin' it down, I'm settin' out to build a nation

I'm the son of Ra, the son of Ka, father of Africa

King Khafre and King Khufu, blood of the Zulu

Osiris, Isis, Horus, Anubis, the Royal family

Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and all the Ramesses

Amam and Hotep, Mentuhotep, Thutmosis

Ahmosis, Kamosis, etymology of Moses

I'm the kings of Egypt, kings of Nubia, Mesopotamia

Mediterranean, Babylon, Saudi Arabia

I'm Muhammad comin' out of the Middle East after the Romans

Reclaiming their gold, home and their throne 'cause they own it

I'm on the first boats to reach America

We all African, we sold you to America, we not coming back

[Interlude: Jacinto Rhines]

Blue antelope, no more to be

Like lynching rope with no more hope

Blue beastie, beauty antelope, no more there

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Oh blue, the tragic cruelty

[?] free from me

[Verse 2: Blu]

Ayo, I'm Adam, the original man banned from the Garden

I'm Noah, pardon the Flood, after the revolution started

I'm Japheth, I'm Shem and I'm Ham

I'm Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the motherland

I'm Moses posin' against the king, freein' his people

I'm Babylon, tryna reach God by buildin' a steeple

I'm the strongest man, Samson, I'm the first king, Samuel

The prestigious king, Saul, son of King David, I'm Solomon

I'm preachin' to the choir like Elijah

Isaiah, Jeremiah and, not a king higher than King Hezekiah

I'm on fire like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

I'm Jonah and the whale, Daniel in the lion's den

And I'm Job with just a little hope, I'm John The Baptist

The Messiah's comin', God's son, Jesus Christ of Nazerath

Thank Matthew, Mark, Luke and John for the narrative

And Paul for all the passages

Apostolic Episcopal before Constantine, constant persecution

First century, eventually, revolution

Islam, sixth century and on and on

Slavery, where are you takin' me to, huh? America?

[Interlude: Jacinto Rhines]

Blue antelope [?] the harlots boy

"Revenge be mine" speak God divine

Nature's pain, payback is so much more

[Verse 3: Blu]

Yo, I'm Kunta Kinte 'fore he was enslaved by America

Picture the freedom before the terror

Who had to carry the black burners to Nat Turner

During a slave revolt, we came before Columbus dumped us off the slavery boat

The Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman

Yeah, we probably would still be slaves if it wasn't for Fredrick Douglas

I'm up in his government before all them like Booker Washington

With all his boys like W.E.B. Du Bois

And Noble Drew Ali and Marcus Garvey

Takin' us to Africa like Chancellor Williams, Chandler Owens and Asa Randolph

Last of all Muhammad, the honorable Elijah Muhammad

Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, and Thurgood Marshall

Richard Wright, Rosa Parks and Gordon Parks

Joe Lewis, Jackie Robinson and John Henrik Clarke

Alex Haley, James Baldwin, Malcolm X

Martin Luther King Jr, Clarence 13X

Maya Angelou, Ray Charles, Minister Farrakhan

Ivan Sertima, John Cochran, Stokely Carmichael

Emmett Till, Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale

Huey Newton, Muhammad Ali and even Gil Scott-Heron

Al Sharpton, Fred Hampton, Oprah Winfrey

Barack Obama, Assata Shakur, Tupac Shakur, Biggie

And everyone else creating black history

That lives with me everyday, until I'm gone

[Interlude: Jacinto Rhines]

Tasmanians all crossed death's cold door

Wiped out by cousins, the dreadful boar

Convict's corruption to hate's inner core

They took a dark skin and they made a purse for a pale skin whore

[Verse 4: Blu]

Yo, I'm Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy

Sun Ra Orchestra, Charles Mingus, Ahmad Jamal

Milt Jack', Wes Mont', Herbie Hand-Cannonball

Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Screamin' Jay, Howlin' Wolf

Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Sam Cooke

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitz, Nina Simone

Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Diana Ross

Chaka Khan, Tina Turner and Roberta Flack

Al Green, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Michael Jack'

Prince, Sly Stone, Curtis May, Roy Ayers

Temptations, 5th Dimension, O'Jays, Ohio Players

Earth, Wind and Fire, Funkadelic, Parliament

Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Otis Redding and all the shit

From the '90s, '80s, '70s and '60s

The '50s, '40s, '30s and all the '20s

All the armies, the Black Panther party, the Nation

NAACP organizations

All the black NBA, NFL and MLB players

And we can't forget Shaka Zulu (Woo)

We see you, brother, Mandela

[Outro: Jacinto Rhines]

Dream child survives [?] blue antelope [?] leap of faith

Paradise put you on this Earth, and who are they to score your worth?

Some people lose their fans but choose to rob to survive

Ghost rended pride, gracious skies, blue tribe, bald headed [?] you dead and gone

Oh this world will never be the same

Lord all of mankind, self hate, shamed, dog, free child would know your name

You looked so free before the raper came

Blue before the racist killer came

Blue antelope [?] to tell your story

Concerned about that dope

Those who cannot cope

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To haunt your dreams internally

[?] agony child had no more to see

Blue more than you, blue more than me

Blue like sky, sea

We're all blue like you and I beyond the melody

For their own antiquity

And after 1799, not one blue brother left to find

Last one shot, that hate year

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This world has never been the same

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Oh blue, oh blue, oh blue

All blue, all blue

Untamed