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