Swallowing My Pride

The revolution will not be digitized They called her a Marxist A fraction of the truth, she's an artist Looking for the meaning, what the past is Trying to understand who she is Take a breath, she's a s-s-sociologist Looking for the truth through the politics Systems in the hierarchy calls But no one ever seems to really know Does the world know? Swallowing all my pride, it is difficult Trying to hide all my lies, feel invisible Bleeding from the in-inside, psychological More than physical, more than physical Tears rolling down my eyes, it's emotional Trying to understand my life, kinda manic though Moving on the wrong side, it's political More than physical, it's societal When they took my name I never thought that I would ever be the same A broken version of myself, I carried their pain I'm guessing in a miracle, this melanin is magical My culture's not a spectacle We're holding plans, not plantations I do what I can, new foundations I'm a strong woman, new creations Black-Black-Black is beautiful, Black-Black-Black is beautiful Swallowing all my pride, it is difficult Trying to hide all my lies, feel invisible Bleeding from the in-inside, psychological More than physical, more than physical Tears rolling down my eyes, it's emotional Trying to understand my life, kinda manic though Moving on the wrong side, it's political More than physical, it's societal Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah (It's political) Everybody just keep singing your song As we dance through the streets, keep on singing your song, yeah Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah (The revolution will not be digitized) Everybody just keep singing your song, yeah (It's political) Everybody just keep singing your song (The revolution will not be digitized) As we dance through the streets, keep on singing your song, yeah (It's political) Swallowing all my pride, it is difficult Trying to hide all my lies, feel invisible Bleeding from the in-inside, psychological More than physical, more than physical Tears rolling down my eyes, it's emotional Trying to understand my life, kinda manic though Moving on the wrong side, it's political More than physical, it's societal Somewhere in the spaces I fall Somewhere in the spaces I fall Somewhere in the spaces I fall Somewhere in the spaces I fall You give me life, you give me life You give me something that I can hold onto