BLACKFACE Lyrics

Standing on the shoulders of ancestral love

Coming straight through the fire before you were born

Can't remember that, use it

Running through the pain, real struggles within

Yet you made it through, yes you did

Now in modern times, we say black lives matter

And it matters

So tell me how it matters when I don't even matter to you

Oh no

So here is my hand

Please take my hand

Help me make it through, yeah

I want them to see me, but they don't see me

Take a look in my black face

I want you to love me

Tell me, do you love me

I'm rooting for you in my black face

You are my brother, my sister, my equal

There ain't nothing but my black face

I'm reaching for you

Please help me through it

I know we can make it in our black face

Now I'm standing here singing

And it's morning

Stepping out the fire, looking for new beginnings

You help me get through the pain and the struggles

I know we can make it through, but only together

Now I say black lives truly matter

Only if I matter to you

I got your hand

Please take my hand and we'll make it through it

I want them to see me, but they don't see me

Take a look in my black face

I want you to love me

Tell me, do you love me

I'm rooting for you in my black face

You are my brother, my sister, my equal

There ain't nothing but my black face

I'm reaching for you

Please help me through it

I know we can make it in our black face

So let black lives matter

By loving me for real

No hatred

No envy

Now that's how I feel

No hatred

No envy

That's how I feel

I want them to see me, but they don't see me

Take a look in my black face

I want you to love me

Tell me, do you love me

I'm rooting for you in my black face

You are my brother, my sister, my equal

There ain't nothing but my black face

I'm reaching for you

Please help me through it

I know we can make it in our black face

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