The Maafa Lyrics

When I was younger, the world

Shined ever so bright

Little did I know that'd change

One faithless night

Every news station showed

Faces of those who were slain

And I was scared shitless

For I saw, we all looked the same

My mother sat me down

She told me, with tears in her eyes

That there is no gray

In a world that's all black and white

You'll make people laugh

And sometimes you'll make them cry

But they won't be happy until

The day that you die

O say I can't breathe

By the red and blue lights

So proudly we hail

At the ones that we smite

O'er the land of the free

And the home of depraved

With a rope on my neck

And a boot on my grave

These days I am melanin rich

But mentally poor

Cause I'm too scared to even step foot

Out of my door

I could paint this whole town inside out

With a smile on my face

But this drink in my hand

Might just be the last thing I embrace

I was told I'd look better in red

By the boys in blue

And these friends that I have

Well you see, They don't have a clue

That this system is embedded

With sin and they're woven in

And I'm the one spinning this

Broke down cotton gin

O say I can't breathe

By the red and blue lights

So proudly we hail

At the ones that we smite

O'er the land of the free

And the home of depraved

With a rope on my neck

And a boot on my grave

Lady Liberty

I come to you, on bended knee

These Stars and Stripes aren't fitting

As they seem

Our stars are shot right down

And we wear these stripes

Like a thorn Crown

And you cut our tongues

Right out so you

Can try to sleep so sound

Well, I'm 400 years of straight

Living In crippling fear

So listen up closely as I say

What you need to hear

I won't ask for forgiveness from God

For I know that he'll frown

As I light this match and I'll burn

All this shit to the ground

For this war paint and blood

Well it comes It comes, oh, it comes all in one

And no matter the cost

I'll still fight for what needs to be done

So then one day, the caged bird is freed

To spread out its wings

And fly so damn far away

It won't have to sing

O say I can't breathe

By the red and blue lights

So proudly we hail

At the ones that we smite

O'er the land of the free

And the home of depraved

With a rope on my neck

And a boot on my grave

So comrades and charlatans

Hidden in right plain sight

Let's reclaim what's ours

Just for once and take back the night

We're thieves and we're looters

And sin, or so that we're called

But we are the future

And this world is for us all