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
Ndiri goin 'kudzokera kuSouth
Ndiri goin 'kumashure, kumashure, kumashure, kumashure
Iko midzi yangu isina kudiridzwa
Growin ', growin' somuti weBaobab
Zvehupenyu pavhu rakaorera, madzitateguru akandiisa pamutambo
Ankh mhezi pamaketani egoridhe, neangu Oshun simba, o
Donhedza zvese pandiri, woo, Ankh kana Dhinda anodhinda
Hol 'kumusoro, handisi kunhuhwirira senge nag champa rusenzi?
Ehe, echando yakachena (Ice), ice (Ice), mabhasi pasi
Uh, mafashama (Mafashama), mafashama (Mafashama), pachiuno changu, kunze
Ooh, goin 'kumusoro, goin' kumusoro, mama, nyika yekudonha idonha pandiri
Ooh, melanin, melanin, kudhira kwangu kune ganda rakadzika, senge
Ooh, mama, nyika, amai, kudonhedza amai pandiri
Ooh, hongu, ini handikwanise kukanganwa nhoroondo yangu ndeye-nyaya, hongu
Kuve mutema, pamwe ndicho chikonzero nei vachigara vachipenga
Ehe, vanogara vanopenga, hongu
Takapfuura 'em, ini ndoziva ndicho chikonzero nei ivo vese vakapenga
Uye vagara vakadaro
[Choramu]
Huchi, huya kuzere nzira yangu, kutenderera neyangu
Pese painotaura kudaro amai, momma vakadaro
Pano ini ndinouya pachigaro changu, sattin 'yakakwirira
Tevera gwarumba rangu, o, parade yangu
Talkin 'spy kune vanhu vangu (My folk), simudza iyo muromo kunge lipo (Lipo)
Iwe unonzwa ivo swarmin ', handizvo? Nyuchi dzinozivikanwa kuruma
Zvino pano tasvika pane edu zvigaro, sittin 'yakakwirira
Tevera gwarumba rangu, o, parade yangu
[Ndima 2]
Ehe, hongu, ndiri wedu, isu vese vatema
Yese chrome (Yeah), mutema-muridzi (Eya)
Nhema tints (Yeah), matte dema (Ehe, hongu)
Tungamira nepo, hwindo rangu pasi, rega ndione kuti ndiani mariri
Crack kunyemwerera kukuru (Ding)
Endai muone, ini naJigga, vana makumi mashanu 'vana gumi
Ivo vanoda, "Kuku, sei?"
Ini ndinosheedzera makristasi angu mumwedzi uzere
Unogona kuvatumira makorokoto, Ndiri kutumira magogo angu
Baby hanzvadzi reppin 'Yemaya (Yemaya)
Vimba neni, vanozoda mauto (Ah)
Rubber bullets mabouncin 'abva kwandiri (Ah)
Ita chiratidzo chetietti kubva pane yako keteni kiyi (Ah)
Tora seyambiro (Ah, ah)
Waist beads from Yoruba (Woo)
Four hunnid billi ', Mansa Musa (Woo)
Rwonzi rwonzi ku barbeque
Isa isu chero-madam-uko, isu tinoona kuti iite seyakanaka
Denda rinobhururuka pane anomhanya, mune yangumatmat
Judgin ', runnin' kuburikidza nemba kuenda kuimba yangu art, yese nhema
Vanamadziro pamadziro, regai zvipuka chit-chat
(Ancestors pamadziro, rega zvipuka zvit-chat)
Bata maoko angu, isu tino 'namatira pamwe
Rara pasi, uso pasi muguruva
Woo, pfeka 'hembe dzose chena kumariro
Rudo rwevatema, isu tinogara pamwechete
Curtis Mayfield pane mutauri (Woo)
Lil 'Malcolm, ndakusuwa, amai, Tina (Woo)
Inoda imwe kufora, lemme fonera Tamika (Woo)
Inoda rugare uye kutsiva kwevanhu vangu (Woo)
Fuck aya akaradzika edhi, Ini ndakarega icho chinomera kumusoro (Shrivel kumusoro)
Fuck ichi kupera uye mafungu Ndinozvirega zvichityisa zvese (Dzvanya zvese kumusoro)
Isa zvibhakera kumusoro mumhepo, ratidza rudo rwevatema (Ratidza rudo dema)
Motherland inodonhedzera pandiri, amai, kudonhedza amai pandiri
[Choramu]
Huchi, huya munzira yangu, kutenderera neyangu
Pese painotaura kudaro amai, momma vakadaro
Pano ini ndinouya pachigaro changu, sattin 'yakakwirira
Tevera gwarumba rangu, o, parade yangu
Talkin 'spy kune vanhu vangu (My folk), simudza iyo muromo kunge lipo (Lipo)
Inzwa 'em swarmin', handiti? (Zz) Nyuchi inozivikanwa kuruma (Zz, zz)
Zvino pano tasvika pane edu zvigaro, sittin 'yakakwirira
Tevera gwarumba rangu, o, parade yangu
[Bridge]
Tine rume (Tine rume), tine kudada (Tine kudada)
Isu tinobereka madzimambo (Isu tinobereka madzimambo), isu madzinza ekuzvarwa (Isu tinza madzinza
Rukova rutsvene (Rukova rutsvene), rutsvene rurimi (Holy rurimi)
Taura kubwinya (Taura kubwinya), inzwa rudo (Inzwa rudo)
Amai, nyika yekudonha inodonha pandiri, hee, hesi, hesi
Amai, nyika yekudonha inodonha pandiri, hee, hesi, hesi
Ini handikwanise kukanganwa nhoroondo yangu, inyaya yake
Motherland inodonhedzera pandiri, amai, kudonhedza amai pandiri
[Choramu]
Shuwa, huyai munzira yangu, tenderera (My)
Chero nguva momma vakadaro (Hei), momma vanoti (Hei, hei)
Pano ini ndinouya pachigaro changu choushe, sittin 'yakakwirira (Yakakwirira)
Tevera gwarumba rangu, o, gwarumba rangu (Hei, hee, hee)
Talkin 'spy kune vanhu vangu (My folk), simudza iyo muromo kunge lipo (Lipo)
Inzwa 'em swarmin', handiti? (Zz) Nyuchi inozivikanwa kuruma (Zz, zz)
Zvino pano tasvika pane edu zvigaro, sittin 'yakakwirira
Tevedza gwarumba rangu, o, giraidhi dema