D# C#/E# D# C#/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 D# C#/E# Of life on fertile ground, ancestors put me on game D# N.C. Ankh charm on gold chains, with my Oshun energy, oh D# C#/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? D# C#/E# Yeah, pure ice (Ice), ice (Ice), buss down D# C#/E# Uh, flooded (Flooded), flooded (Flooded), on my wrist, out D# C#/E# Ooh, goin' up, goin' up, motherland, motherland drip on me D# C#/E# Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like D# C#/E# Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me D# C#/E# N.C. D# Ooh, yeah, I can't forget my history is her-story, yeah C#/E# D# Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad C#/E# Yeah, they always mad, yeah D# C#/E# D# Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad N.C. And they always have been [Chorus] D# C#/E# Honey, come around my way, around my hive D# C#/E# Whenever momma says so, momma say D# C#/E# Here I come on my throne, sittin' high D# C#/E# Follow my parade, oh, my parade D# C#/E# Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo) D# C#/E# You hear them swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite D# C#/E# Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high D# C#/E# Follow my parade, oh, my parade [Verse 2 tabbed by bizzlex94] D# C#/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?" D# C#/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) D# C#/E# Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up (Shrivel up) D# C#/E# Fuck this fade and waves I'ma let it dread all up (Dread all up) D# C#/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] D# C#/E# Honey, come around my way, around my hive D# C#/E# Whenever momma says so, momma say D# C#/E# Here I come on my throne, sittin' high D# C#/E# Follow my parade, oh, my parade D# C#/E# Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo) D# C#/E# You hear them swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz) D# C#/E# Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high D# C#/E# Follow my parade, oh, my parade [Bridge] D# C#/E# We got rhythm (We got rhythm), we got pride (We got pride) D# C#/E# We birth kings (We birth kings), we birth tribes (We birth tribes) D# C#/E# Holy river (Holy river), holy tongue (Holy tongue) D# C#/E# Speak the glory (Speak the glory), feel the love (Feel the love) D# C#/E# Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey D# C#/E# Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey D# C#/E# I can't forget my history, it's her-story D# N.C. Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me [Chorus] D# C#/E# Honey, come around my way, around my hive (My) D# C#/E# Whenever momma says so, momma say (Hey, hey) D# C#/E# Here I come on my throne, sittin' high (High) D# C#/E# Follow my parade, oh, my parade (Hey, hey, hey) D# C#/E# Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo) D# C#/E# You hear them swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz) D# C#/E# Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high D# C#/E# Follow my parade, oh, my parade