ah
i’m goin’ back to the south
i’m goin’ back back back back
where my roots ain’t watereddown
growin’growin’ like abaobab tree
of life on fertile groundmy ancestors put me on game
ankh charm on gold chainswithmyoshun energy oh
dripall on mewoo ankara dashiki print
hol’ up don’t i smell like such a nag champa incense
yeah pure ice ice ice ice buss down
uh flooded flooded flooded flooded on my wrist out
ooh goin’ up goin’ up motherland motherland drip on me
ooh melanin melanin my drip is skin deep like
ooh motherland motherland motherland motherland drip on me
ooh yeah i can’t forget my history is herstory yeah
being black maybe that’s the reason why
they always mad yeah they always mad yeah
been past ’em i know that’s the reason why
they all big mad and they always have been
honey come around my way around my hive
whenever mama say so mama say
here i come on my throne sittin’ high
follow my parade oh my parade
talkin’ slick to my folk my folk nip that lip like lipo lipo
you hear them swarmin’ right bees is known to bite
now here we come on our thrones sittin’ high
follow my parade oh my parade
yeah yeah i’m for us all black
all chrome yeah blackowned yeah
black tints yeah matte black yeah yeah
roll by my window down let ’em see who in it
crack a big smile ding
go figure me and jigga fifty ‘leven children
they like chick how
i charge my crystals in a full moon
you could send them missiles i’ma send my goons
baby sister reppin’ yemaya yemaya
trust me they gon’ need an army ah
rubber bullets bouncin’ off me ah
made a picket sign off your picket fence ah
take it as a warning ah ah
waist beads from yoruba woo
four hunnid billi’ mansa musa woo
stroll line to the barbeque
put us anydamnwhere we gon’ make it look cute
pandemic fly on the runway in my hazmat
children’ runnin’ through the house to my art all black
ancestors on the wall let the ghosts chitchat
ancestors on the wall let the ghosts chitchat
hold my hands we gon’ pray together
lay down face down in the gravel
woo wearin’ all attire white to the funeral
black love we gon’ stay together
curtis mayfield on the speaker woo
lil’ malcolm martin mixed with mama tina woo
need another march lemme call tamika woo
need peace and reparation for my people woo
fuck these laid edges i’ma let it shrivel up shrivel up
fuck this fade and waves i’ma let it dread all up dread all up
put your fist up in the air show black love show black love
motherland drip on me motherland motherland drip on me
honey come around my way around my hive
whenever mama say so mama say
here i come on my throne sittin’ high
follow my parade oh my parade
talkin’ slick to my folk my folk nip that lip like lipo lipo
hear ’em swarmin’ right zz bees is known to bite zz zz
now here we come on our thrones sittin’ high
follow my parade oh my parade
we got rhythm we got rhythm we got pride we got pride
we birth kings we birth kings we birth tribes we birth tribes
holy river holy river holy tongue holy tongue
speak the glory speak the glory feel the love feel the love
motherland motherland drip on me hey hey hey
motherland motherland drip on me hey hey hey
i can’t forget my history it’s herstory
motherland drip on me motherland motherland drip on me
honey come around my way around my hive my
whenever mama say so hey mama say hey hey
here i come on my throne sittin’ high high
follow my parade oh my parade hey hey hey
talkin’ slick to my folk my folk nip that lip like lipo lipo
hear ’em swarmin’ right zz bees is known to bite zz zz
now here we come on our thrones sittin’ high
follow my parade oh black parade
Artist: Beyonce
Year: 2020
Decade: 20s
Language: en
Word Count: 468