And we up and we thriving
Surpassed the depriving
Even when they killed the environment
And they say remain silent
When they the ones violent
We know the law been conniving
And we up and we thriving
Surpassed the depriving
Even when they killed the environment
And they say remain silent
When they the ones violent
We know the law been conniving
Proud of me
I done made a life out of poverty
Created out the dark that's the god in me
In my own skin standing valiantly
But they violently
Paint the melanated over media
Always Gd up never genius
Racking off the culture from the bleachers
Then turn they nose up like we Beerus
And I can never sleep no
Tried to kill me down to the food in my stomach
Traded us like stocks now we free price plummets
Feel it in the air and the smell is still pungent
Crammed us from the ships to the hoods like sardines
Made it to the summer now we drilling off spring
That ain't black on black crime
Product of that redline
If you need a sign of your worth
This why I'm crying
And we up and we thriving
Surpassed the depriving
Even when they killed the environment
And they say remain silent
When they the ones violent
We know the law been conniving
And we up and we thriving
Surpassed the depriving
Even when they killed the environment
And they say remain silent
When they the ones violent
We know the law been conniving
I'm worth more then they can make
They wishing I wouldn't raise
My fist up in there air sways
No hood to cover my face
Just need to stay black and die
That's been our way to get by
So many of us oppressed
I'm pleading please don't forget
And we up and we thriving
Surpassed the depriving
Even when they killed the environment
And they say remain silent
When they the ones violent
We know the law been conniving
And we up and we thriving
Surpassed the depriving
Even when they killed the environment
And they say remain silent
When they the ones violent
We know the law been conniving