I'm goin' back to the South
I'm goin' back, back, back, back
Where my roots ain't watered down
Growin', growin' like a Baobab tree
I'm goin' back to the South
I'm goin' 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, oh
Drip all on me, woo, Ankh or the Dashiki print
Hol' up, don't I smell like such a nag champa incense?
Yeah, pure ice (Ice), ice (Ice), buss down
Uh, flooded (Flooded), flooded (Flooded), on my wrist, out
Ooh, goin' up, goin' up, motherland, motherland drip on me
Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like
Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me
Ooh, yeah, 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 past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad
And they always have been
[Chorus]
Honey, come around my way, around my
Whenever momma says so, momma say
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)
You hear them swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[Verse 2]
Yeah, yeah, I'm for us, all black
All chrome (Yeah), black-owned (Yeah)
Black tints (Yeah), matte black (Yeah, yeah)
Roll by, my window down, let 'em see who in it
Crack a big smile (Ding)
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 (Yemaya)
Trust me, they gon' need an army (Ah)
Rubber bullets bouncin' off me (Ah)
Made a picket sign off your picket fence (Ah)
Take it as a warning (Ah, ah)
Waist beads from Yoruba (Woo)
Four hunnid billi', Mansa Musa (Woo)
Straw line to the barbeque
Put us any-damn-where, we gon' make it look cute
Pandemic fly on the runway, in my hazmat
Judgin', runnin' through the house to my art, all black
Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat
(Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat)
Hold my hands, we gon' pray together
Lay down, face down in the gravel
Woo, wearin' all attire white to the funeral
Black love, we gon' stay together
Curtis Mayfield on the speaker (Woo)
Lil' Malcolm, I miss 'em, momma Tina (Woo)
Need another march, lemme call Tamika (Woo)
Need peace and reparation for my people (Woo)
Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up (Shrivel up)
Fuck this fade and waves I'ma let it dread all up (Dread all up)
Put your fists up in the air, show black love (Show black love)
Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
[Chorus]
Honey, come around my way, around my
Whenever momma says so, momma say
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)
Hear 'em swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz)
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[Bridge]
We got rhythm (We got rhythm), we got pride (We got pride)
We birth kings (We birth kings), we birth tribes (We birth tribes)
Holy river (Holy river), holy tongue (Holy tongue)
Speak the glory (Speak the glory), feel the love (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
[Chorus]
Honey, come around my way, around my (My)
Whenever momma says so (Hey), momma say (Hey, hey)
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high (High)
Follow my parade, oh, my parade (Hey, hey, hey)
Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)
Hear 'em swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz)
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
Follow my parade, oh, black parade
Tá mé goin 'ar ais go dtí an Deisceart
Tá mé goin 'ar ais, ar ais, ar ais, ar ais
I gcás nach bhfuil mo fhréamhacha uisce síos
Growin ', growin' cosúil le crann Baobab
Den saol ar thalamh torthúil, chuir sinsear me ar chluiche
Charn Ankh ar slabhraí óir, le mo fhuinneamh Oshun, ó
Drip go léir ormsa, woo, Ankh nó cló Dashiki
Hol 'up, nach boladh mé a leithéid de incense nag champa?
Sea, oighear íon (Oighear), oighear (Oighear), busanna síos
Uh, faoi uisce (Faoi Thuilte), faoi uisce (Faoi thuilte), ar mo wrist, amach
Ooh, goin 'up, goin' up, motherland, motherland drip orm
Ooh, melanin, melanin, tá craiceann domhain ar mo drip, cosúil le
Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip orm
Ooh, sea, ní féidir liom dearmad a dhéanamh ar mo stair ná a scéal féin, sea
A bheith dubh, b’fhéidir gurb é sin an fáth go mbíonn siad as a meabhair i gcónaí
Sea, bíonn siad as a meabhair i gcónaí, sea
Bí caite 'em, tá a fhios agam gurb é sin an fáth go bhfuil siad ar fad as a meabhair
Agus bhí siad i gcónaí
[Chorus]
Mil, teacht timpeall mo bhealach, timpeall mo
Aon uair a deir mamma amhlaidh, deir mamaí
Seo mé ag teacht ar mo ríchathaoir, sittin 'ard
Lean mo pharáid, ó, mo pharáid
Talkin ’slick to my folk (Mo mhuintir), tóg an liopa sin mar lipo (Lipo)
Cloiseann tú iad swarmin ’, ceart? Is eol do bheacha greim a fháil
Anois anseo táimid ag teacht ar ár dtrinsí, sittin 'ard
Lean mo pharáid, ó, mo pharáid
[Véarsa 2]
Sea, sea, tá mé dúinn, go léir dubh
Gach chrome (Sea), faoi úinéireacht dhubh (Sea)
Leideanna dubha (Sea), neamhlonrach dubh (Sea, sea)
Rollaigh isteach, m’fhuinneog síos, lig dúinn a fheiceáil cé atá ann
Crack aoibh gháire mór (Ding)
Téigh figiúr, mise agus Jigga, caoga leanbh leven
Is maith leo, "Chick, conas?"
Gearrann mé mo chriostail i ngealach lán
D’fhéadfá diúracáin a sheoladh chucu, seolfaidh mé mo ghoin
Deirfiúr leanbh reppin 'Yemaya (Yemaya)
Iontaobhas orm, tá arm de dhíth orthu (Ah)
Urchair rubair bouncin ’as dom (Ah)
Rinne síniú picéad do fhál picéad (Ah)
Glac leis mar rabhadh (Ah, ah)
Coirníní Waist as Yoruba (Woo)
Ceithre hunnid billi ', Mansa Musa (Woo)
Líne tuí go dtí an barbeque
Cuir aon áit damanta orainn, déanaimid gon 'cuma gleoite air
Eitilt phaindéimeach ar an rúidbhealach, i mo ghuais
Judgin ', runnin' tríd an teach go dtí mo chuid ealaíne, dubh ar fad
Sinsir ar an mballa, lig do na taibhsí comhrá a dhéanamh
(Sinsir ar an mballa, lig do na taibhsí comhrá a dhéanamh)
Coinnigh mo lámha, bímid ag guí le chéile
Leag síos, aghaidh síos sa gairbhéal
Woo, wearin 'gach feisteas bán ar an tsochraid
Grá dubh, fanann muid le chéile
Curtis Mayfield ar an gcainteoir (Woo)
Lil 'Malcolm, I miss' em, mamma Tina (Woo)
Máirseáil eile de dhíth, lemme call Tamika (Woo)
Síocháin agus cúiteamh de dhíth ar mo mhuintir (Woo)
Fuck na himill leagtha seo, ligim dó crapadh suas (Shrivel up)
Fuck an céimnithe agus na dtonnta seo ligim dó eagla a chur air (Dread all up)
Cuir do dhorn suas san aer, taispeáin grá dubh (Taispeáin grá dubh)
Drip Motherland ormsa, motherland, motherland drip orm
[Chorus]
Mil, teacht timpeall mo bhealach, timpeall mo
Aon uair a deir mamma amhlaidh, deir mamaí
Seo mé ag teacht ar mo ríchathaoir, sittin 'ard
Lean mo pharáid, ó, mo pharáid
Talkin ’slick to my folk (Mo mhuintir), tóg an liopa sin mar lipo (Lipo)
Éist le 'em swarmin', ceart? Is eol do bheacha (Zz) bite (Zz, zz)
Anois anseo táimid ag teacht ar ár dtrinsí, sittin 'ard
Lean mo pharáid, ó, mo pharáid
[Droichead]
Fuaireamar rithim (Fuair muid rithim), fuaireamar bród (Fuair muid bród)
Beimid ag ríthe (Táimid ag ríthe), táimid ag treibheanna breithe (Tugaimid treibheanna)
Abhainn naofa (abhainn Naofa), teanga naofa (Teanga Naofa)
Labhair an ghlóir (Labhair an ghlóir), mothaigh an grá (Mothaigh an grá)
Motherland, motherland drip orm, hug, hug, hug
Motherland, motherland drip orm, hug, hug, hug
Ní féidir liom dearmad a dhéanamh ar mo stair, is scéal í
Drip Motherland ormsa, motherland, motherland drip orm
[Chorus]
Mil, teacht timpeall mo bhealach, timpeall mo (Mo)
Aon uair a deir mamma amhlaidh (Hey), deir mamma (Hey, hug)
Seo mé ag teacht ar mo ríchathaoir, sittin 'ard (Ard)
Lean mo pharáid, ó, mo pharáid (Hey, hug, hug)
Talkin ’slick to my folk (Mo mhuintir), tóg an liopa sin mar lipo (Lipo)
Éist le 'em swarmin', ceart? Is eol do bheacha (Zz) bite (Zz, zz)
Anois anseo táimid ag teacht ar ár dtrinsí, sittin 'ard
Lean mo pharáid, ó, paráid dhubh