Black Souls

Yo, yo, yo, yo
It's Flowman, baby
You dig?
Ha ha

I was born to be legendary for my whole life
Day one had the green light
Makin' moves under street lights
Never shied from the limelight
I was tailor made
Taught by my daddy to run the fades if anybody disrespect my name
But I grew up not a screw up; stood on my word and two nuts
Time to suit up - hopin' police never shoot us
So afraid of my black skin from way back when
I'm just asking: Why y'all so shook of us black men?
Nah, wait, I'll be civilized
I just sit back and I analyze
History white people fantasized - cause it ain't real
Swear they be writin' some fan fiction that I can't feel
Shitty film on a bad reel
So counterfeit, that's a bad bill
I'm gon get all that I'm worth long as I'm breathin' I'm ruling the Earth
Long as you finish, don't matter who first
respectin' the grind, I know that it works (Flow!)

They tried to tell us that we came from savages
They stripped us all of our names
Still we winning championships though they was rigging the game
And I know when it's over and I'm wrinkled and old
(You can break down my body but you can't take my soul)
They tried to tell us that we came from savages
They stripped us all of our names
Still we winning championships though they was rigging the game
And I know when it's over and I'm wrinkled and old
(You can break down my body but you can't take my soul)

I been sold so many times
I don't know where I am
Maybe Mississippi or is it Maryland?
Harriet said she was leavin'
Ain't believe her 'til I seen it
I ain't go with her but shit
I ain't tell on her neither
'Cause I'm a House nigga
Field niggas always talkin' shit
Cause I get first dibs of the spoiled milk
And I got all my fingers and toes
Yeah, that's a blessin'
From the white man's god
The one he use as a weapon
See, when you're martyred
You're remembered
You fall through the cracks
You get hung by the timber
And this my everyday
Same thing for all the slaves
I just hope that I can leave behind my name
Black Souls

They tried to tell us that we came from savages
They stripped us all of our names
Still we winning championships though they was rigging the game
And I know when it's over and I'm wrinkled and old
(You can break down my body but you can't take my soul)
They tried to tell us that we came from savages
They stripped us all of our names
Still we winning championships though they was rigging the game
And I know when it's over and I'm wrinkled and old
(You can break down my body but you can't take my soul)

Never shied from the dark side
Middle finger to the alt-right
Black pride that is all mine
Ain't winnin' 'til we all rise
Really we always been relevant to the American
Sense of irreverence cause of our melanin
And our development facin' impediments
Cause of Confederates - I got the evidence
I seen the closet and all of the skeletons
Hit me too hard cause they are my relatives
White people hesitant, 'specially the president
Knowin' it's wrong but scared of the precedent
Knowin' they owe us some pay back
Really though, how could you say that?
America, know that we made that
But look at how they wanna portray blacks
White law made us criminal; our rights always minimal
American dream really pitiful, real talk, feelin' fictional
Year after year it's the same thang, too many people that complain
Know they too scared of the bang-bang and the chain gang
It's insane, mayne

They tried to tell us that we came from savages
They stripped us all of our names
Still we winning championships though they was rigging the game
And I know when it's over and I'm wrinkled and old
(You can break down my body but you can't take my soul)
They tried to tell us that we came from savages
They stripped us all of our names
Still we winning championships though they was rigging the game
And I know when it's over and I'm wrinkled and old
(You can break down my body but you can't take my soul)