BROWN BABY

My last name probably a slave name
So in 2023 I'm 'bout to change things
Heard Messiah 'bout to come and rearrange things
Heard Zion got the codes to the mainframes

I ain't never been the one to always make profit
Telling too much truth before they calling me prophet
I fell the Spirit moving boy they knowing I got it
Prejudice in they hearts, I was trying to block it
His skin so dark
His voice so white
Betcha if I had a daughter I'd name her MC Lyte
How every time I sit down they offer me Sprite
How every time I'm pulled over they say it's my lights? (Ugh)
And now we can't breathe
Last thing I seen was Louisiana trees
While da cool of the day help bring in debris
If He heard the blood of Abel, how much da blood on the leaves
You see this

I can only be me, not what you want me to be
As He sits me up high, "tell me what do you see?"
I can see, all of the heavens steady watch me (watch)
I can see the devil use my friends to try to stop me (stop)
I can see this world use my skin to try to block me (block)
I can see how 400 years can get copied (copy)
I can see how modern day church steady lost me
Got to get our latte's while we gossip in lobbies, they stopped me
"Is just me or is Beyoncé black?"
"Dude I never see color, but 9's intact"
"Yeah I got to black friend, but he's half yo black"
"Dude I'm the least racist person in the room in fact"
Well I'm glad you think of yourself so highly
Tell is my brown skin something you wished for quietly
Still in denial, that people in Bible skin dark
How Christian could a Bale get the part
Tell Moses that we lost