Above My Head (feat. DJ DN3)

Now I been black all my life, so the struggle ain't nothing new

You can't name a thing my people ain't been through

Tell me we can make it through, yet we've been able to

First thing you learn is that ain't nobody saving you

Not your mayor, your congress, your governor

Ask your neighbor, your great-great-grandmother, your pastor

We masters at making it work

We tried everything, now we take them to church

With our hands to the sky and our nose to the grind

I will ruefully fight for what's supposed to be mine

I was blind, now I see, I was born, now I be

Sittin' in bondage, now I'm free

Up above my head I hear music in the air

Up above my head I hear music in the air

What does it mean? What does it mean?

Well, there must be, must be a God, a God somewhere

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Ain't about ice on your neck, ain't about strikes over checks

It's about life over death, gettin' right or gettin' left

Think you got a price on your head? Think your price over less

I called you to the altar, every tongue got to confess

Now it's time to say it with your chest

We deserve the best, ain't nothin' less

But it's in the press, we done been depressed

Thought we got some things to address

Thought we got no options

Thought we got no options

I say we show 'em some

'Cause we all here to overcome

We been hurt, we been beaten, mistreated

And still we won't say we defeated

Believe it, my people is strong

Let me hear that song

Up above my head I hear music in the air

Up above my head

Up above my head

Up above my head I hear music in the air

What does it mean? What does it mean?

Well, there must be, must be a God, a God somewhere

Hey, they say ain't nothin' changed since the sixties

The thing about change is it never comes quickly

Untanglin' the chains of the pain is so tricky

But first comes acceptance, not changin' the history

But gaining the entry, can't take what you give me

That's where we comin', the change is within me

You beat me, you kick me, you'll never forget me

We already won, I'm just claimin' the victory

We been killed, we been beaten, mistreated

And still we won't say we defeated

My people is here

Well, it must be, must be a God, a God somewhere