POWER IN TRADITIONS (feat. HARRY SHARMA & TAMAY MARIE)
You do not even understand the significance of your skin color
You know, people always want to talk about oh it's not about race
Look man, really
Oh yeah
Talkin' power in tradition, so you gotta sit
My people bleedin' till this day, that ain't it
They took over my land and it still got me pissed
My people cryin' for help, yeah that's on the list
People dyin' everyday how you flexin' up your wrist
I be speakin' on the truth, so they might put out a hit
They try washin' all their sins
When they get rich, said they gon' help my people up
But they switched
Back home they working blood, sweat and tears, you want drip
Where I'm from, they still walkin' round, don't got a whip
Lotta trauma for my people when they hear the word whips
Talkin' down on my people, I'ma turn this to a blitz
Where I'm from, it's daylight, they hit licks
Where I'm from, it's daylight, they send hits
Where I'm from, they don't talk, they use sticks
But they gon' show you love, no matter how hard it gets
Woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I dropped back in back in back in 93
Tryna figure out my place in this life and what it means
I was raised privileged, but I kept my ear to the streets
Slumdog millionaire, the type of shit you see in the movies
Packed our bags, moved abroad, age 12, I'm overseas
I was tryna fit in so much, I was really losin' me
I was actin' gangster, livin' in denial, it was deep
I was callin' women bitches, thinkin' it was really me
If you understood who you were from the beginning
Oh man, it changes everything
I wanna share something that this, this girl told me once
It goes something like this
You don't know who you are and it really shows
You're gonna fail if you don't take control
God has a plan for you, follow the way
Life takes its time, you just gotta have faith yeah yeah
Runnin', runnin' through my past now
I was such a class clown, always entertainin' yeah
They were bullying me cause I was brown
Turned them all into my fans now
They screamin', they shoutin', they want truelove now
To think at one time I didn't know who I was
I was losin' myself, I couldn't find my feet
Then Harry came through and he planted that seed
Runnin', runnin', runnin', I was runnin' away
I was runnin' from myself and my ways
Losin' my culture
Then I woke up and I asked who the fuck is William now
Always lookin' for, always searchin' for
My culture strong, can't let it go
Always want some more, always want some more
Can't let it go, no, no, no, no, no
When you understand just what that melanin
That brownness of your skin actually means
It's beautiful, it really is
And it's so important that we understand
Who exactly we are
You know, people always want to talk about oh it's not about race
Look man, really
Oh yeah
Talkin' power in tradition, so you gotta sit
My people bleedin' till this day, that ain't it
They took over my land and it still got me pissed
My people cryin' for help, yeah that's on the list
People dyin' everyday how you flexin' up your wrist
I be speakin' on the truth, so they might put out a hit
They try washin' all their sins
When they get rich, said they gon' help my people up
But they switched
Back home they working blood, sweat and tears, you want drip
Where I'm from, they still walkin' round, don't got a whip
Lotta trauma for my people when they hear the word whips
Talkin' down on my people, I'ma turn this to a blitz
Where I'm from, it's daylight, they hit licks
Where I'm from, it's daylight, they send hits
Where I'm from, they don't talk, they use sticks
But they gon' show you love, no matter how hard it gets
Woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I dropped back in back in back in 93
Tryna figure out my place in this life and what it means
I was raised privileged, but I kept my ear to the streets
Slumdog millionaire, the type of shit you see in the movies
Packed our bags, moved abroad, age 12, I'm overseas
I was tryna fit in so much, I was really losin' me
I was actin' gangster, livin' in denial, it was deep
I was callin' women bitches, thinkin' it was really me
If you understood who you were from the beginning
Oh man, it changes everything
I wanna share something that this, this girl told me once
It goes something like this
You don't know who you are and it really shows
You're gonna fail if you don't take control
God has a plan for you, follow the way
Life takes its time, you just gotta have faith yeah yeah
Runnin', runnin' through my past now
I was such a class clown, always entertainin' yeah
They were bullying me cause I was brown
Turned them all into my fans now
They screamin', they shoutin', they want truelove now
To think at one time I didn't know who I was
I was losin' myself, I couldn't find my feet
Then Harry came through and he planted that seed
Runnin', runnin', runnin', I was runnin' away
I was runnin' from myself and my ways
Losin' my culture
Then I woke up and I asked who the fuck is William now
Always lookin' for, always searchin' for
My culture strong, can't let it go
Always want some more, always want some more
Can't let it go, no, no, no, no, no
When you understand just what that melanin
That brownness of your skin actually means
It's beautiful, it really is
And it's so important that we understand
Who exactly we are
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Sharma
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Other Album Tracks
- God Vs Hollywood
- EVER SINCE I WAS a KID (feat. SANDRA GAN & JAMES THALAP)
- SHOWTIME (feat. MARCUS JR)
- TRUELOVE SOUL (feat. TAMAY MARIE)
- POWER IN TRADITIONS (feat. HARRY SHARMA & TAMAY MARIE)
- GRATITUDE (feat. KING MADELLE)
- My Family Is All I Got : Mother
- My Family Is All I Got : Father
- My Family Is All I Got : Brother
- Need It
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