Peacock

[Verse 1: Jean Grae]

They came first for me and I spoke up

With every line I spoke they just tightened the yoke up

No silver lining 'cept they're lining all their coke up

On the mirrors reflecting damn nothing on the close up

Subdividing the damn game, they suck you dry

Why you worried about your fame and the fucking vibe

Equating while the tsunami of pains collide

Give them to the babies as an insane lullaby

I'm a proponent of the mainframe hack-in

If it wasn't built for me I'm laying the ax in

Break it apart and reconfigure the whole system

Take it to base level, demolition the building

You can see I ain't reined in, no puppets on me

Pressures what I feel like, what your souls deal like

Cause I'm so free

C'mon, c'mon

I know what it means to be a shutout

For choosing ironically never to live as a cutout

The use of technology equal to having a gun out

My open carry of self is offensive as a motherfucker

And I'm playing to raise the level of that shit

Cause without privilege you ponder the basics

Cause if you're the makeshift you never complacent

We ain't do nothin' but face this everyday shit

So tell me—what's up?

[Verse 2: Quelle Chris]

They be pushing me to the point of pressure

In need of therapy with pressure points

I hit a joint to soar higher than a airliner

This wasn't 'bout the coal miners since the cold opens

Live from New York

The black alien space race, Malachi York

The smash grab, no hashtag riot for sport

The way they burned down Greenwood and Rosewood, Florida

They reserved the hood for you

To preserve the jail quota

Cause what's the law to the land owner

Where trespassing is the only way of passing and they shoot on sight

I hope the truest make it through the night

Control-delete Alt-Right

The harmony off key

I take the Colin Kaepernick knee

Like you ain't 'bout to off me

Cause I am free

An open book that you can quote without CliffsNotes

And you can judge it by the cover with the metal wrists and noose throats

I'm trying to delegate a new hope

Still trying to delegate a new hope