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