I'm goin' back to the South
I'm goin' back back back back
Where my roots ain't watered down
Growin' growin' like a Baobab tree
Of life on fertile ground
Ancestors put me on game
Ankh charm on gold chains
With my Oshun energy oh
Drip all on me woo
Ankh or the 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
Her-story 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) black-owned (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 any-damn-where
We gon' make it look cute
Pandemic fly on the runway
In my hazmat
Judgin', runnin' through the house
To my art all black
Ancestors on the wall
Let the ghosts chit-chat
Ancestors on the wall
Let the ghosts chit-chat
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 fists 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 her-story
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