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