Triangular Trade Lyrics

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, I go by the name Skull

I just need a moment to elaborate some things

Feel me

Let me tell you about bravery. Matter of fact, let me tell you about slavery

It's deep, so stay with me. The transatlantic slave trade was responsible

The forced migration, it was so pathological. A disaster

About 15 million from Africa to the Western Hemisphere

The end was near. Whoever tried to run, they were shot

Then they left them there. They used death to scare

And some wonder why I have an edge or load two guns every night

Before I go to bed, slavery still exists in another form

Some of the threats nowadays are in uniform

So warn your kids and warn them good

Because it's not just your neighbors in your neighborhood

I said warn your kids and warn them good

Because it's not just your neighbors in your neighborhood

Triangle of trade trapped in my brain

The story of my ancestors captured and slaved

From Africa to Europe and back to the States

For commercial goods, they will sell them like it's a game

Triangle of trade trapped in my brain

The story of my ancestors captured and slaved

From Africa to Europe and back to the States

For commercial goods, they will sell them like it's a game

I'll talk more about the Middle Passage

But first, understand all the pain I reflect in my chapters

It's far from my own anger

Propaganda mixed with hate

I'll reflect on this manner

Why you think blacks are different shades?

Women raped, but yet they blame blacks for the spread of AIDS

It's more than hypocrisy

Possibly it's the greed and the lust

But that's my philosophy

Or maybe it's a prophecy

Who knows what really led to the practice of monogamy

I solemnly swear all the years without my pops to see

I got out of jail in my head

I found the locking key, my figure of speech

You can taste my apostrophe

Broke out of the shackles and now there's nothing stopping me

Triangle of trade trapped in my brain

The story of my ancestors captured and slaved

From Africa to Europe and back to the States

For commercial goods they will sell them like it's a game

Triangle of trade trapped in my brain

The story of my ancestors captured and slaved

From Africa to Europe and back to the States

For commercial goods they will sell them like it's a game

Fast forward now

We get judged, but not by the judge

Durag's on, all they see is thugs

They got it in they mind, all we need is drugs

Getting shot in the spine, all we feel is slugs

We get judged, but not by the judge

Durag's on, all they see is thugs

They got it in they mind, all we need is drugs

Getting shot in the spine, all we feel is slugs

I want y'all to think about it for a minute

Being taken out of your home

In your own comfort zone

Only to be sold, put to work against your will

Forced migration is one thing

But being slaughtered and separated from your family isn't human

Being sold for raw materials, really

That's when we could truly say

Black lives didn't matter