Oh, tell me how long shall they should kill our prophets? Martin said he said he'd been right to the top of mountains And why is it such a crime being brown skin? Oh, the old shackles done, we rising up again I'm up again, suffered now and suffer then But fuck it, now it's us and them Never see me following no fucking trends It's big Hollow with a couple gems Socially, socially distant and emotionally They know that I'm different and I'm openly In a zone with a difference and there's hope for me Tears from a realionnaire, fears that another black man's gonna disappear They don't care about blacks 'cause they're killing bare Goldilocks just broke in, bet they kill a bear And that's where we're at Nah, that's where we've been and still the facts That's why we'll never wear your hat It's weird because they're scared of black Scared for the brothers Scared for the mothers Fears getting smothered Tea's in the kitchen Dreams in the rubbish Beers in the cupboard Man getting rub out Where's all the rubbers? Man gonna bug out 'Cause where's all the others? Man get the fuck out Swears, then he utters Nobody's guilty Turn, then he blubbers I feel it deep Don't wanna wake up, 'cause I'm still asleep They got me way stuck, 'cause I'm in the street I watch the chain flush, but I'm skinning teeth You got your make-up on, you're feeling sweet You got your lace fronts, or you spin your weave I watched the birds nuff, studying the bees She may be light skinned, but I love my queens Car then I'm bouncing Far from announcements, far from announcing Calm when I'm pouncing, it's hard being brown skin Load up the petrol, yes, I do mean harm when I douse him All my kids have got houses, a nigga came far from the housing Typical It's a difficult one, yeah, it's difficult 91 Psalm, yeah, it's biblical How dare you disrespect me with your ridicule They always tell me that I'm miserable I'm just a spiritual guy in the physical It's pitiful times, and it's critical Political guys turn invisible Tell me how long shall they should kill our prophets? Martin said he said he'd been right to the top of mountains Tell me why is it such a crime being brown skin? The old shackles done, we rising up again Tell me how long shall they should kill our prophets? Martin said he said he'd been right to the top of mountains And why is it such a crime being brown skin? The old shackles done, we rising up again