Lyrics
We all hail from the Motherland
But get colonized on the other hand
We must unify instead of blame the other man
It's they who lack the pigment
The motive to the intent
Our history is ancient
Even to the ancient
We are not adjacent
The cover-up is blatant
There is no replacements
And still, we rise to my amazement
Never be complacent
(I said)
I feel connected to the cradle
Where we were prematurely severed by the navel
Part of the reason why we struggle to be stable
They want us believe that our history was a fable
And start with the ships
And the scars from the whips
And when the cotton get pick
And when the cane get cut
When they put the pain in us
But quittin' ain't in us
Now come forward four centuries
Onward with a purpose, ain't nothin' could prevent these
Gods from pursuin' success by renewin' they vision
To aim with precision
My craft's, my religion
My past, my traditions
The secret's in the melanin, it's developin'
The truth could be unsettlin'
But it's genuine
The birth of all humanity
Gotta know your past if you wan' preserve your sanity
Love yourself, and don't let them call it vanity
We all hail from the Motherland
But get colonized, on the other hand
We must unify instead of blame the other man
It's they who lack the pigment
The motive to the intent
Our history is ancient
Even to the ancient
We are not adjacent
The cover-up is blatant
There is no replacements (None)
And still, we rise to my amazement
Never be complacent
Check that history 'bout Columbus
I love Black people, but we all live like squares
When we really came from the rhombus
Livin', walk it like Marcus
Till I rot in my carcass
I'm inches off Caucasian at surface
But my roots are stallion colored
Ancestors slavin'
Today they call it laborin'
Black people workin' at manufacturing plants
Today are slabourin'
Killa, I see your vision
More educatin' 'bout apartheid
When I scream freedom
My **** go hard right for me
You ain't 'bout shit if you work for the man (Nah)
You sell dope, but still work for the man
'Cause you still lustin' the bands
And you still lustin' them ends
And you still jerkin' your friends
Over White man's pushing weight
That Lou Ferrigno shit
Steadily rising through enterprising
It ain't surprising
God gave the bulbs, we kept it shining
Pray on my knees, so we goin' be grindin'
It's Black power in a White man's world
I'm just wisin' (****)
We all hail from the Motherland
But get colonized on the other hand
We must unify instead of blame the other man
It's they who lack the pigment
The motive to the intent
Our history is ancient
Even to the ancient
We are not adjacent
The cover-up is blatant
There is no replacements
And still, we rise to my amazement
Never be complacent
Guilty of a homicide with the Killa
Death to the lies of histories, not a thriller
A forgotten kingdom of Black royals
Boosting stardom
Centuries long before Martin and Douglas
Still on the rise
We are the phoenix from the ash
No diamonds and no cash
Can purchase what we stash
Cannot take over, we survivors
Forget the colonizers
They only are dividers (I say)
They couldn't conquer the fire within
'Tis this unity that still remains
One of our deepest and fatal sins
That's why the Killa get up
The Shine and Jedi set up
United it stand, and I rally for the Black nation step up
Never you take us for no poppy show
We ready to go
Rosa Parks, Malcolm X flow
By any means
Inscription from the Black skin glow
New chapter, we must win anywhere it go
Close that open door
We all hail from the Motherland
But get colonized, on the other hand
We must unify instead of blame the other man
It's they who lack the pigment
The motive to the intent
Our history is ancient
Even to the ancient
We are not adjacent
The cover-up is blatant
There is no replacements
And still, we rise to my amazement
Never be complacent
Written by: Aaron Parillon, Darius Semper, Jacoy Brathwaite
