That's My Folk

That's my folk Same type glow Same damn look when we walk through the door Same melanin, ay, different clothes Different struggles but we got the same goal Yeah that's my folk Same type glow Same damn look when we walk through the door Same melanin, ay, different clothes Different struggles but we got the same goal Po po draw a glock We strike the same pose They take a mugshot We got the same nose The same fat lips know what to pray for Both get a hashtag Both get a halo Both bodies get placed on display though Neither of us gettin' paid for the white gaze bro Who taught black women how to hate fros? Skin bleach creams Who taught us how to make those? The same damn folk with they fingers in the Afrikan pie We get a crumb to survive and so we take to the sky Straight back hand smack any one of my guys Who disrespect y'all in front of my eyes Cos y'all been through the mire That's real Both tryna get to freedom First things first man We tryna get to eatin' Can't change the world while the energy's depletin' So lemme come through and cut the beef then Cos That's my folk Same type glow Same damn look when we walk through the door Same melanin (Ay!) different clothes Different struggles but we got the same goal Yeah that's my folk Same type glow Same damn look when we walk through the door Same melanin, ay, different clothes Different struggles but we got the same goal Hold up Uh Black Am my bro African We're both profiled racially Talented men Tall, we don't play basketball That would be them With assumptions of who we are Where to begin I'm educated no drugs no medication Dreams, achieve them, hase them Bags, obtain them Cops behind me Survived, hair gets grayer More drip boy, I splash One hell of a wave huh To my sisters from both sides So beautiful inside and outside Black don't crack we just survive Handle our business and we aim high Nothing wrong with you or your hair Your skin, there's glow there The windows to your soul There's plenty of hope there USA to the motherland Hand and hand We are equal So we saying That's my folk Same type glow Same damn look when we walk through the door Same melanin (Ay!) different clothes Different struggles but we got the same goal Yeah that's my folk Same type glow Same damn look when we walk through the door Same melanin, ay, different clothes Different struggles but we got the same goal Hey