Make Me Black

If I die and come back make me black
Anywhere in the world on the map
I don't care if my hair got some naps
Rock a fro with a pick in the back uh

If I die and come back make me black
Even if the world don't like me cuzza dat
Gimme style gimme gimme uh
Give me heart give me strength make me black unh

Yo If I die and come back make me black
In the present in the future in the past
Give me roots that run deeper than the flag
Like the soil of the earth make me black
Rich in love and abundant in abilities
ingenuity and endless creativity
I want the style and the grace and the walk
Want the wisdom and the gall I want it all

If I die and come back make me black
Anywhere in the world on the map
I don't care if my hair got some naps
Rock a fro with a pick in the back uh

If I die and come back make me black
Even if the world don't like me cuzza dat
Gimme soul gimme rhythm give me swag
Give me heart give me strength make me black

Yo I want the tone of the voice when I speak
That makes it known most unmistakably
That my chords have been kissed by the Gods
I want the power to defeat any odds
Make my eyes sparkle bright like the stars
Keloid skin and the dark-colored scars
Melanin poppin bathing in the sun
Gimme rhythm when I'm dancing to the drums
Put a lil extra sauce on the kid just for fun
Can't nobody pull it off like the kids where I'm from
Rough beginnings but just look at the way we bounce back
If I die and return Lord please make me black

If I die and come back make me black
Anywhere in the world on the map
I don't care if my hair got some naps
Rock a fro with a pick in the back yeah

If I die and come back make me black
Even if the world don't like me cuzza dat
Gimme soul gimme rhythm give me swag
Give me heart give me strength make me black

I could be born in Kenya where they speak Swahili
Or a 80s baby born in Mississippi
Weed smokin' hippie
Queen Nefertiti
I don't mind when or where
I'll tell you why
Cuz see
We be the people that make the world smile
World go round
And you wonder why they keep us down
But don't frown
There's a blessing in our essence
That's the message that I'm stressing
If I die and go to Heaven imma tell em

If I die and come back make me black uh
Anywhere in the world on the map uh
I don't care if my hair got some naps uh
Rock a fro with a pick in the back uh

If I die and come back make me black
Even if the world don't like me cuzza dat
Gimme soul gimme rhythm give me swag
Gimme gimme yeah

Uh huh
Look I don't know about reincarnation
But if I do die and I gotta come back to this place
Lord please make me black

If I die and come back make me black uh
Anywhere in the world on the map uh
Yeah y-y-yeah
Rock a fro with a pick in the
If I
Make me black make me
Make me black make me
Make me black
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