Half

Yeah

This is for my people

You know who you are

I hope this helps you understand

I'm no mudmocha mulatto

No tote half breed saddle for your emotional baggage

I'm not tryna be savage

But I'm done with this spit

Mopping feelings cavity's pit

Your sugar's been rusting giving you nothing, placebos bluffing

Why do I have to be the antidote

Explain the end murder she wrote

It's the same every time, I hear the same line

Don't you know you're not white enough or black enough to do that?

Imma say I'm young half black and proud

Imma say I'm young half white and proud

Mama gave my name and I sing it out loud

Nothing that you say can push it down now

I know who I am and I found my pocket

Put me in a box I'll find the key when you lock it

Mixing up the world every day I vow, that imma say I'm young half black and proud

Does it pain you to see me? Am I dark enough to please?

Tryna force me to your image, is my whiteness my disease

Strangers of the old racism, kinky curls pressed straight for the system

what a world it is we live in

But god bless the child this god is own

I'm an original, one individual, feeding subliminal messages I hope you know

If you got soul

Is it cultural appropriation if I celebrate my culture when I'm not dark enough for you, my culture's a salad filled with notes like a ballad

Traditions run thick roti and tame lick grandma's jello, auntie's saying hello

Naps on the pillow duality the truth of my existence but I'm stuck with your persistence

Why do I have to choose one?

Imma say I'm young half black and proud

Imma say I'm young half white and proud

Mama gave my name and I sing it out loud

Nothing that you say can push it down now

I know who I am and I found my pocket

Put me in a box I'll find the key when you lock it

Mixing up the world every day I vow, that imma say I'm young half black and proud

Yeah

Our world is changing

Can you keep up

Can you keep up

Our world is changing

Can you keep up, cause I hope we're not stuck yeah

Imma say I'm young half black and proud

Imma say I'm young half white and proud

Mama gave my name and I sing it out loud

Nothing that you say can push it down now

I know who I am and I found my pocket

Put me in a box I'll find the key when you lock it

Mixing up the world every day I vow, that imma say I'm young half black and proud