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