Black is Beautiful

They're saying it's a beautiful thing
They're saying it's a beautiful thing

They say a wise mind defies age and time and divine
So mortal bodies are rewarded with shrines
Many cannibals collide
Then the lyrics combines
Like blindness in Ray's eyes independence would rise
Sixth sense payed dues but ain't changing the rent
It's very likely that they're crushed when all of it's spent
When anxiety would run but still will overcome
Cause the creature is undone
Until the championship is won
We call it poetry how many defied the odds
Even out the situation by making it Amistad
Au revoir intrusive thoughts that would linger in the mind
Cause it's like a tape deck eventually you'll rewind
They're saying it's a beautiful thing because it's black
We founded hip hop and put it all on a track
Our adversity a language that many of others lack
In terms of understanding
Excuse my French its cause we black
Try to assimilate but it's heist they felons
They'll behead em' cause the power is cherished
An evil type of fetish
Too much relished they label to harm the consciousness
Catch up to the times they envious state the obvious
The street scholarships ironic they threw the book at them
Running marathons on the block before the dogs catch them
Water hose
Redlining till' they sketch the outline
Color within the lines
Next night a thief sunshine
Plagiarizing bars
Rap beef turn into wars
They propelling
Show the scars
Another page of us torn
But oh it's such a beautiful thing

Yeah yeah

They're saying it's a beautiful thing
Our pain is not our everything
They're saying it's a beautiful thing
So black is beautiful for them (I guess)