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