Chains
Chains
Chains like a weight, hold me down
For centuries I've felt the cold shackles that bound
At times
I still find myself fighting similar battles now
Chains like a weight, hold me down
A weight like Jim Crow and Black codes, that railroad my
Right to be human, connect wit all folks
A weight feels like drug wars in my home
We just using the means that they gave our own
A weight feels like what they did to the Panthers
And then chained up our fathers to give them new slave masters
Wait
I mean a warden
A weight feels like growing up and already mourning
Thinking about my broken family before breakfast in the morning
Chains hold me back as I reach for the sky
Weighing my arms down
I let out a Spiritual cry
A weight feels like a color
You've assigned to me one
One meant to hold me back from knowing that I am the sun
I am the Moon
The stars
I am you
I look up to the sky and it tells me the truth
There is no weight
No chain that can hold me down
As long as I walk with Maat you can't take my crown
I am greatness
I am Heru
I am unlimited fool
So won't another chain hold me
For I am weightless too
Chains like a weight, hold me down
For centuries I've felt the cold shackles that bound
At times
I still find myself fighting similar battles now
Chains like a weight, hold me down
A weight like Jim Crow and Black codes, that railroad my
Right to be human, connect wit all folks
A weight feels like drug wars in my home
We just using the means that they gave our own
A weight feels like what they did to the Panthers
And then chained up our fathers to give them new slave masters
Wait
I mean a warden
A weight feels like growing up and already mourning
Thinking about my broken family before breakfast in the morning
Chains hold me back as I reach for the sky
Weighing my arms down
I let out a Spiritual cry
A weight feels like a color
You've assigned to me one
One meant to hold me back from knowing that I am the sun
I am the Moon
The stars
I am you
I look up to the sky and it tells me the truth
There is no weight
No chain that can hold me down
As long as I walk with Maat you can't take my crown
I am greatness
I am Heru
I am unlimited fool
So won't another chain hold me
For I am weightless too
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Writer(s): Khalil Pettway
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