Sho Baraka

Chapter 9: Jim Crow
[Hook] I feel I'm trapped in a crazy place Asking the Lord for amazing grace I see the masses wanna change me I'm waiting for someone to save me until then, until then I guess I'm stuck here on n*gga island Yeah, where n*ggas be wylin Yeah, and color is violence Yeah, moment of silence (hello) I guess I'm stuck here on n*gga island Yeah, where n*ggas be wylin Yeah, and color is violence Yeah, moment of silence [Verse 1] Yeah, I am the invisible man though I have a soul I am from an invisible land They gave me a slave pen for my freedom of speech Yeah I'm tryin' to leave the island but swimming through bleach Come on son, why you always ruin the mood Race talks happen every time you enter the room Cuz there's ignorance in the masses Too many people think racism is past tense We fight for blackness but we don't know what black is I know it ain't the zero sum of white man They wanna know how to reach the hood like there's magic Like we're all the same, huh like we're not dynamic Letras de cancionesHollywood wants to pimp us to get dough Exploit us but give us money somebody say ho Yeah let's thank those movies and them TV shows Be a token or a player, Uncle Tom row Or be a magic negro until the day I'm gone Hope the white man reach his goal but never reach my own Or an oversexed male, even a coon A young man who loves ignorance praisin' his doom, until then [Hook] I feel I'm trapped in a crazy place Asking the Lord for amazing grace I see the masses wanna change me I'm waiting for someone to save me until then, until then I guess I'm stuck here on n*gga island Yeah, where n*ggas be wylin Yeah, and color is violence Yeah, moment of silence (hello) I guess I'm stuck here on n*gga island Yeah, where n*ggas be wylin Yeah, and color is violence Yeah, moment of silence [Verse 2] Say hello to the great cultural brain wash Washin' my brain from some of the things that race taught Miseducate, colonize, divide Teach beauty is straight hair and the bluest of eyes And because of lies I'm debating five percenters How the mid-east movement gon' be a white man's religion How the privileged man say it's time to move forward And say the game's fair when he monopolize the board And corporate greed just manipulates the poor Outside the hood I don't see liquor stores I know God is sovereign and I should pray about it But a man won't stop it if it increases his profits And most ain't realistic with the flow They make music for the streets but I don't see 'em at the show So instead of truth they'd rather be duped I guess they want me to make more songs for youth groups, until then... [Hook] I feel I'm trapped in a crazy place Asking the Lord for amazing grace I see the masses wanna change me I'm waiting for someone to save me until then, until then I guess I'm stuck here on n*gga island Yeah, where n*ggas be wylin Yeah, and color is violence Yeah, moment of silence (hello) I guess I'm stuck here on n*gga island Yeah, where n*ggas be wylin Yeah, and color is violence Yeah, moment of silence [Verse 3] Yeah I got a double consciousness but I'm still in touch Cops got my hands in the air so I ain't feelin' much Lookin' for protection all I can see is tyrants I'm fightin' them coons and thugs racists and dyin' honors That lady you call ho, that's my lover That woman you call b*tch, that's my mother Them boys that you killed, them my brothers Send the ship to the island we can rescue some others Did they fight for civil rights so we could sit on gold I can't walk in your shoes, you keep sellin' your soul No, ain't much Booker T when you look at me But a whole lot of the boys makin' noise until then [Hook] I feel entrapped in a crazy place Asking the Lord for amazing grace I see the masses wanna change me I'm waiting for someone to save me until then, until then I guess I'm stuck here on n*gga island Yeah, where n*ggas be wylin Yeah, and color is violence Yeah, moment of silence (hello) I guess I'm stuck here on n*gga island Yeah, where n*ggas be wylin Yeah, and color is violence Yeah, moment of silence [Outro] Hey here we are, put on a show Dance a jig, go Jim Crow Hey here we are, put on a show Dance a jig, go monkey go Hey here we are, put on a show Dance a jig, go Jim Crow Go Jim Crow, say go Jim Crow Go Jim Crow, say go monkey go Yeah it's what you want me to do right? It's what you want me to do right? Are you entertained? Are you entertained? From Letras Mania