Obie Iyoha's Interlude ft. Obie Iyoha & Titilope Sonuga Lyrics

I got some dark inside my past, yeah Got me feelin' like your boy is on his last chance

Got me feelin' like I'm workin' off the grass lonely

Transmuted, a blessing from all my pain on me, yeah

Can you relate? Pops took space, my mama was workin' late

First generation African, same story yet again Could've been strugglin' where I'm from

If America ain't wanna let us in Hunger game, booby traps, they ain't wanna

Let us win Probably why my mama had to cop that boxed

Pins Probably why my father taught me learn not

To forgive Never trust cops generally, sometimes your

Own kind Self-hate makes the enemy out of your reflection

They bully your complexion, I dodge the swingin' acts of graveyards and corrections

I slip into the game, warm, wise, undetected They focused on my words, not from diamonds

on my teeth But the shine of my solar plexus

I spent a long time in the dark with no direction Popped out the darkest of clouds into the

clear blue sky Sun beamin' on me like the 6th of July

Always knew I'd get it poppin', bro, I can't lie

And I come in peace, but I love a good fight Always say peace, never sayin' goodbye

Energy never died Energy never dies

And since I'm bein' honest, energy never lies And you can be a man and still enjoy a good

Cry But life is too short, I'm tryna have a good

Time Pour another cup, I'm tryna have a good

Time Pour another cup, yeah, yeah

We crossed the oceans Bellies bloated with hope

Treading the water between yesterday and the tomorrow

We were promised, we promised To outswim the sharks of our past

And find a land fertile enough to plant our dreams in

We kissed the sky Snapped the branches of our family trees

To fit in the overhead compartment So close to heaven we could whisper our

Secrets to the clouds Sit in conversation with the angels about

New beginnings We ran across borders, across bloodlines

Across battlefields We waited in embassies and airports and

Aefugee camps We sat on buses, on trains, on airplanes

From across the world we came Found a brand new word for home

For belonging For ours, we took it

Stitched it into our children's coats And sent them into that first winter

Hoped they would be received warmly