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BLACK PARADE Lyrics by Beyoncé Beyoncé
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I'm going back to the South
I'm going back, back, back, back
Where my roots ain't watered down
Growin', growin' like a Baobab tree
Of life on fertile ground, ancestors put me on game
Ankh charm on gold chains, with my Oshun energy
Drip all on me, Ankara Dashiki print
Hol' up, don't I smell like satya, Nag Champa incense?
Yeah, pure ice ice buss down
flooded flooded on my wrist, ow
Ooh, going up, going up, motherland, motherland drip on me
Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like
Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me
Eeya, I can't forget my history is her story, yeah
Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad
Yeah, they always mad, yeah
Been passed 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad
And they always have been
Honey, come around my way, around my hive
Whenever momma says so, momma say
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
Follow my parade, my parade
Talkin' slick to my folk nip that lip like lipo
You hear them swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
Follow my parade, my parade
On fours, all black
All chrome, black-owned
Black tints, matte black
Walked by, my window down, let 'em see who in it
Crack a big smile
Go figure, me and Jigga, fifty 'leven children
They like, 'Chick, how?'
I charge my crystals in a full moon
You could send them missiles, I'ma send my goons
Baby sister reppin' Yemaya
Trust me, they gonna need an army
Rubber bullets bouncin' off me
Made a picket sign off your picket fence
Take it as a warning
Waist beads from Yoruba
Four hunnid billi', Mansa Musa
Stroll line to the barbeque
Put us any damn where, we gonna make it look cute
Pandemic fly on the runway, in my hazmat
Children runnin' through the house and my art, all black
Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat
Hold my hands, we gonna pray together
Lay down, face down in the gravel
We wearin' all attire white to the funeral
Black love, we gonna stay together
Curtis Mayfield on the speaker
Lil' Malcolm, Martin, mixed with momma Tina
Need another march, lemme call Tamika
Need peace and reparation for my people
Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up
Fuck this fade and waves, I'ma let it dread all up
Put your fists up in the air, show black love
Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
Honey, come around my way, around my hive
Whenever momma says so, momma say
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
Follow my parade, my parade
Talkin' slick to my folk nip that lip like lipo
You hear 'em swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
Follow my parade, my parade
We got rhythm we got pride
We birth kings we birth tribes
Holy river holy tongue
Speak the glory feel the love
Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
I can't forget my history, it's her story
Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad
Yeah, they always mad, yeah
Been passed 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad
Yeah they always have been
Honey, come around my way, around my hive
Whenever momma says so, momma say
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
Follow my parade, my parade
Talkin' slick to my folk lift that lip like lipo
You hear 'em swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
Follow my parade, black parade
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