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
Ke khutlela Amerika Boroa
Ke khutlela morao, ka morao, morao, morao
Moo metso ea ka e sa kolobelletsang
Growin ', growin' joalo ka sefate sa Baobab
Tsa bophelo mobung o nonneng, baholo-holo ba ile ba mpeha papali
Ankh khahla ka liketane tsa khauta, ka matla a ka a Oshun, oh
Lahlela tsohle ho 'na, Woo, Ankh kapa khatiso ea Dashiki
Hol 'up, ha ke fofe joaloka libano tse joalo tsa champag?
Ee, leqhoa le hloekileng (Ice), leqhoa (Ice), libese fatše
Uh, likhohola (Meroallo), likhohola (Ho koaheloa ke metsi), letsohong la ka, kantle
Ooh, hoin 'up, goin' holimo, boema-fofane, boema-fofane ba nkhulela
Ooh, melanin, melanin, teropo ea ka e tebileng joalo ka letlalo
Ooh, mama, naha ea bo-'mè, bo-'mampoli, ba nkhulela
Oho, ee, nke ke ka lebala nalane ea ka ke pale ea hae, ee
Ho ba batho ba batsho, mohlomong ke lona lebaka le etsang hore ba hlanyehe kamehla
Ee, ba lula ba hlanya, ee
Ha ke fetile, kea tseba hore ke lona lebaka le etsang hore kaofela ha bona ba hlanye
Mme esale ba ntse
[Chorus]
Moratuoa, potoloha tsela ea ka, ho potoloha
Nako eohle ha bo-mme ba bua joalo, bo-mme ba joalo
Ke tla teroneng ea ka, ke lutse holimo
Latela parade ea ka, oh, parade ea ka
Talkin 'slick to my fol (My folk), phahamisa molomo joalo ka lipo (Lipo)
U ba utloa ba swarmin ', ha ho joalo? Linotsi li tsejoa ho loma
Joale mona re tla literoneng tsa rona, re lutse holimo
Latela parade ea ka, oh, parade ea ka
[Temana ea 2]
Ehe, ee, ke bakeng sa rona, kaofela re batsho
Tsena tsohle (Yeah), tsa batho ba batšo (Yeah)
Liteko tse ntšo (Yeah), matte batsho (ee, ee)
Tšelela ka fensetere ea ka, 'me u bone hore na ke mang ho eona
Crack pososelo e kholo (Ding)
Tsamaea, 'na le Jigga, bana ba mashome a mahlano ba leven
Ba rata, "Kuku, jwang?"
Ke tjeka likristale tsa ka ka khoeli e tolokileng
O ka ba romella metsu, ke romella likhaba tsa ka
Baby sister reppin 'Yemaya (Yemaya)
Ntšepe, ba tla hloka sesole (Ah)
Likokoana-hloko tsa Rubber 'b offin' me (Ah)
U entse lets'oao la ho khetha "
E nke e le temoso (Ah, ah)
Lihlaha tse tsoang Yoruba (Woo)
Bane hunnid billi ', Mansa Musa (Woo)
Mohala oa likhoele ho barbeque
Re beha kae-kae-kae-kae, re tla etsa hore e shebahale e le ntle
Lefu la marang-rang le fofa tseleng, le kahar'a ka
Judgin ', runnin' ho pholletsa le ntlo ho ea ho bonono ba ka, ba batsho kaofela
Barekisi ba leboteng, tlohella lithotsela li bue
(Ancestors leboteng, tlohella lithotsela li-chat-chat)
Ke ts'oare matsoho, re rapela hammoho
Lala, sefahleho ka tlas'a mohlohlo
Woo, o apere 'liaparo tsohle tse tšoeu ho ea lepatong
Lerato le letšo, re tla lula 'moho
Curtis Mayfield ho sebui (Woo)
Lil 'Malcolm,' na ke hopotse 'momma Tina (Woo)
U hloka mochine o mong hape, lemme call Tamika (Woo)
Ke hloka khotso le tefello bakeng sa sechaba sa ka (Woo)
Fuck tsena lisekethiloeng, ke e tlohella hore e mele (Shrivel up)
Fuck fade le maqhubu ao ke e lumelle hore e tšohe kaofela (Ho tšosa tsohle)
Beha lithebe tsa hau moeeng, bontša lerato le letšo (Bontša lerato le letšo)
Mamaland o akhela holim'a ka, 'na, naha ea bo-'mè, o nkhatela
[Chorus]
Moratuoa, potoloha tsela ea ka, ho potoloha
Nako eohle ha bo-mme ba bua joalo, bo-mme
Ke tla teroneng ea ka, ke lutse holimo
Latela parade ea ka, oh, parade ea ka
Talkin 'slick to my fol (My folk), phahamisa molomo joalo ka lipo (Lipo)
Utloa 'em swarmin', ho joalo? (Zz) Linotsi li tsejoa ho loma (Zz, zz)
Joale mona re tla literoneng tsa rona, re lutse holimo
Latela parade ea ka, oh, parade ea ka
[Borokho]
Re na le morethetho (Re na le morethetho), re na le boikhohomoso (Re na le boikhohomoso)
Rona re tsoalo ea marena (Re tsoalo ea marena)
Noka e halalelang (noka e halalelang), leleme le halalelang (leleme le halalelang)
Bua le khanya (Bua le khanya), utloa lerato (utloa lerato)
Mamaland, mama oa lefatše o nkhathatsa, hee, hee, hey
Mamaland, mama oa lefatše o nkhathatsa, hee, hee, hey
Nke ke ka lebala nalane ea ka, ke pale ea hae
Mamaland o akhela holim'a ka, 'na, naha ea bo-'mè, o nkhatela
[Chorus]
Moratuoa, potoloha le tsela ea ka, potoloha (My)
Nako le nako ha momma a bua joalo (Hee), momma e re (Hee, hey)
Ke tla teroneng ea ka, ke lutse holimo (Holimo)
Latela parade ea ka, oh, mokokotlo oa ka (Hee, hey, hey)
Talkin 'slick to my fol (My folk), phahamisa molomo joalo ka lipo (Lipo)
Utloa 'em swarmin', ho joalo? (Zz) Linotsi li tsejoa ho loma (Zz, zz)
Joale mona re tla literoneng tsa rona, re lutse holimo
Latela parade ea ka, oh, parade e ntšo