Banamba

You know, you know, you know

You know that you were wrong before

But you won't, you won't, you won’t

You won't say it, you just ignore

How long will we play pretend?

All things, they must come to an end

We sell lies that we have to defend

One day we will pay the rent

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

I know, I know, I know

I know that we're still in this war

But I don't, I don't, I don't

I don't hold onto hate no more

How long will we play pretend?

All things, they must come to an end

We sell lies that we have to defend

One day we will pay the rent

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

I've read what was written, your histories and scriptures

What we've been living is something much different

Don't know if you'll listen, but, listen, it's hidden

Want you to get it, time to bear witness

It's sickening we live in a system that's killing my siblings

My uncles, my mothers, my nieces, my aunties, my fathers

My cousins, my brothers, my nephews, I don't even turn on the news

None of it's new

We stand on opposite sides of the truth

It’s not a point of view, they point and shoot and steal and loot

Conceal the truth, confuse and skew the root

The system's not broken, it's working for certain

I'm searching for purpose, I'm hurting

I'm looking for strength, but it's worsening

False gods we worshiping

If there's a heaven, they never gon' let me in

We ain't never been somebody till we just some body that's been murdered

Now everybody heard of us

But they couldn’t give a fuck when we needed a buck or we needed a breath

'Cause I can't breathe with this weight me

I can’t live without my family

I wouldn’t wish this on my enemies

The crazy thing is you be me family

And I can't breathe with this weight me

Damn, I just got clarity

I wouldn't wish this on humanity

The crazy thing is you be me family

How long will we play pretend?

All things, they must come to an end

We sell lies that we have to defend

One day we will pay the rent

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba

Banamba banam – banamba