ii. diamonds ft. Jeremiah Ince Lyrics

Woke up finally landed at the airport

Fly fit all i had to carry was my jansport

Sat by waitin for my clothes to import

Figured go tie my shoes lady had a retort

Bleached skin brown herr

Looked at me like kid whatchu you think you doin herr

Like a foreign object

Took a min to process

The implicit bias that had resided therr

So

Moved from the spot

Couldn't let excitement rot

Felt her eyes glarin at me like a .9 that would've shot

If they had a glock

Or the opportunity to burst in my house without a single knock

Got outta there double time

Hopin this journey would be sublime

But instead writin rhymes

Bout this lady who saw darkness but didn't care notice my shine

I even smiled at her tryna be benign

Questionin my existence

My con told "jer relax you gotta listen"

"Go enjoy that festival

With those who know

Exactly what kind of world that you sit in"

So i pulled up

Tightness in my gut

Their stare in my mind is tucked

My vibe feelin rough

But once my foot touched

That soil

I FELT THAT BLACK BOY JOY

SKIN IS SHINING

LIKE A DIAMOND

Never fear

Never shed a tear

We'll always pop out like oil from the sear

Cause we're always near

Shared experience

No matter the tonality of our appearances

Waist beads

Head wraps

Sundress

Wave caps

Fresh cut

Durags

We all blessed and that's that

Barbecue from the heavens

Holy bread but it's leavened

Live with no regretting

Don't matter if you 7 or 11

25 or 50

Houston you a texan shout out to whitney

Being here it hit me

Don't sleep on indy

Black community runs deep in this blessed city

So many smiles so many laughs

So much dancing artifacts and crafts

Sun is smiling on us

Skin glowing and such

I don't gotta say much

NO THE HAIR YOU DONT TOUCH

SKIN IS SHININ

LIKE DIAMONDS

Seeing y'all out here got my spirit filled

Cause life

Has strife

But together we strong willed

To the lady who gave me that face

I harbor no hate

But i do hope you feel shame

Judgement based on my skin man it's insane

I know you're not to blame

Society

I hope you lie in pieces

For the blatant disrespect on me and my culture's name

Yo i can't believe this

Although they thrive on stolen secrets

We still grow and flow

With with our dreads and fros

Jazz and neo-soul

Anywhere can be home

Just wanna say i love y'all

Even tho it's not shown in the law

Even tho they say their blah blah blah

We got a real strong bond that will never thaw