Water (with Mahalia)

I'm sure you've heard this all before
Sure you look familiar, sure the cost of living
Keep on rising with no limits
N-Name a politician gave a fuck about your feelings
Name a single trend that didn't end up like a gimmick
Think there's something in the water
Tell me what the mission is, I see lead showers

Codeword, Flint Michigan
Attire match my melanin
Black on Black is militant
Represents my diligence
I see through that privilege

Something's in the water
I think there's something in the water

And I still don't watch the news
Barely trust the facts now
Liar liar liar, throwing stones then hide your hands, wow
That don't make no man proud
Tears might make my city drown
I'm too scared to speak to God

There's shooters in the churches now
Something's in the water
Tell me what the mission is
Just another citizen that sacrifices my discipline
Still don't know my origin
Still don't know who's listening
Still can't tell the difference between
Strength and my conditioning

Something's in the water (something in the water la-la)
I think there's something in the water

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god
I've been gone a while now
Never thought I'd come back to this
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh
I heard we been falling down
Watchu mean we're falling down to this
I don't get this fuckery

This was never taught to me
I don't know how we got here
Oh so suddenly
Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god
I'm standing at the border
And there's something in this water

Something's in the water
I think there's something in the water
Something's in the water
I think there's something in the water

It seems all we do is talk and never
Listen to the fiction clear as water
That it's all a masquerade
For the love of my addiction
Tire marks and 911's, hear no evil, see no evil in my lane
Same old story, pain, and glory

Fit inside your categories, numbers said I wouldn't see another day
What more can I say?
I think the rain my guardian angel
Fall from heaven just like Gabriel, come and take away the pain

Something's in the water
Bad things in the water
Something's in my brothers
Something like no other
I can't put my finger on it
All I know is we don't want it
All I know is if we carry on then we will fall
All I know is if we take this on then we will lose it all

Something's in the water