E D/F# E D/F# Ah [Verse 1] E I'm goin' back to the South D/F# I'm goin' back, back, back, back E Where my roots ain't watered down D/F# Growin', growin' like a Baobab tree E D/F# Of life on fertile ground, ancestors put me on game E N.C. Ankh charm on gold chains, with my Oshun energy, oh E D/F# Drip all on me, woo, Ankh or the Dashiki print E N.C. Hol' up, don't I smell like such a nag champa incense? E D/F# Yeah, pure ice (Ice), ice (Ice), buss down E D/F# Uh, flooded (Flooded), flooded (Flooded), on my wrist, out E D/F# Ooh, goin' up, goin' up, motherland, motherland drip on me E D/F# Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like E D/F# Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me E D/F# N.C. E Ooh, yeah, I can't forget my history is her-story, yeah D/F# E Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad D/F# Yeah, they always mad, yeah E D/F# E Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad N.C. And they always have been [Chorus] E D/F# Honey, come around my way, around my hive E D/F# Whenever momma says so, momma say E D/F# Here I come on my throne, sittin' high E D/F# Follow my parade, oh, my parade E D/F# Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo) E D/F# You hear them swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite E D/F# Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high E D/F# Follow my parade, oh, my parade [Verse 2 tabbed by bizzlex94] E D/F# Yeah, yeah, I'm for us, all black E All chrome (Yeah), black-owned (Yeah) D Black tints (Yeah), matte black (Yeah, yeah) E Roll by, my window down, let 'em see who in it D/F# Crack a big smile (Ding) E Go figure, me and Jigga, fifty 'leven children D/F# They like, "Chick, how?" E D/F# I charge my crystals in a full moon E You could send them missiles, I'ma send my goons D/F# Baby sister reppin' Yemaya (Yemaya) E Trust me, they gon' need an army (Ah) D/F# Rubber bullets bouncin' off me (Ah) E Made a picket sign off your picket fence (Ah) D/F# Take it as a warning (Ah, ah) E Waist beads from Yoruba (Woo) D/F# Four hunnid billi', Mansa Musa (Woo) E Straw line to the barbeque D/F# Put us any-damn-where, we gon' make it look cute E Pandemic fly on the runway, in my hazmat D/F# Judgin', runnin' through the house to my art, all black E Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat D/F# (Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat) E Hold my hands, we gon' pray together D/F# Lay down, face down in the gravel E Woo, wearin' all attire white to the funeral D/F# Black love, we gon' stay together E Curtis Mayfield on the speaker (Woo) D/F# Lil' Malcolm, Martin mixed with momma Tina (Woo) E Need another march, lemme call Tamika (Woo) D/F# Need peace and reparation for my people (Woo) E D/F# Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up (Shrivel up) E D/F# Fuck this fade and waves I'ma let it dread all up (Dread all up) E D/F# Put your fists up in the air, show black love (Show black love) E N.C. Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me [Chorus] E D/F# Honey, come around my way, around my hive E D/F# Whenever momma says so, momma say E D/F# Here I come on my throne, sittin' high E D/F# Follow my parade, oh, my parade E D/F# Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo) E D/F# You hear them swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz) E D/F# Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high E D/F# Follow my parade, oh, my parade [Bridge] E D/F# We got rhythm (We got rhythm), we got pride (We got pride) E D/F# We birth kings (We birth kings), we birth tribes (We birth tribes) E D/F# Holy river (Holy river), holy tongue (Holy tongue) E D/F# Speak the glory (Speak the glory), feel the love (Feel the love) E D/F# Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey E D/F# Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey E D/F# I can't forget my history, it's her-story E N.C. Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me [Chorus] E D/F# Honey, come around my way, around my hive (My) E D/F# Whenever momma says so, momma say (Hey, hey) E D/F# Here I come on my throne, sittin' high (High) E D/F# Follow my parade, oh, my parade (Hey, hey, hey) E D/F# Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo) E D/F# You hear them swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz) E D/F# Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high E D/F# Follow my parade, oh, my parade