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