All the black people, after gun crime Just wanted to live, so we could die So till they think our ways are done I had lived from one slave hut to another (But someday you'll overcome) So till they think our ways are done I had lived from one slave, it's still (But someday you'll overcome) Oh, look All hail the realest nigga breathin' oxygen My verse serve is what heal niggas like antioxidants I curse herds of ill niggas who out here profitin' off takin' seeds Out many niggas hands were to the cotton gin (Oh) I'm cognizant, I'm tryna father in hysteria I keep some holla tips, they leave niggas floatin' like mariners My father's father wasn't bothered When he told me even Akeem rolled with a Semi comin' to America Now take a shot for the young queen mother Who took a couple L's that I suffered and made them W's Keep me warm as a deuce-deuce inside a bubble goose If error ever arise in our system, she known to troubleshoot (Oh) Subtle hues in the eyes of another new baby boy From my mother goose lets me know that she's touch-gifted Plus, it might trouble you to see a real nigga couple Who operate just like whites in nigga barbershops, we cut different (Oh) So they think our ways are done I had lived from one slave hut to another (But someday you'll overcome) So till they think our ways are done I had lived from one slave, it's still (But someday you'll overcome) Since the inception, I'm the original man It's always been within our birthright To provide the moon with a shine to reflect and give the earth light Man is symbolic to the sun, and woman to the earth, right? Baby symbolic to the stars, fuck your little satellite Despite the many attempts to alter reality Divine order is fathers are the foundation of the family The many structures that lacks its presence is a fatality To normalize the lack of dad's presence is abnormality My father enjoyed a good cigar and fine wine Said he got a good girl by the keeper to destroy y'all is by design They don't want a strong male presence to influence the kids of the future They don't want no more Malcolm X's, Mandela's and Martin Luther's They don't want no more Nat Turner's or Bobby Sears cause they'll remove ya No Fred Hamptons, Huey P. Newtons or Kennedys, they'll shoot ya But they want you to be strong as hell to fight they war when they recruit ya And replace the father presence to control ya and dilute ya Damn I love my children, hallelujah So they think our ways are done I had lived from one slave hut to another (But someday you'll overcome) So till they think our ways are done I had lived from one slave, it's still (But someday you'll overcome) So till they think our ways are done I had lived from one slave hut to another (But someday you'll overcome)