Unapologetically Black

Clap your hands wit me now Let me see those hands say yeah, say yeah This is for my people If you don't understand this, this is not for you Wanna hear it, hear we go Why does my blackness offend you Why does my skin tone threaten you Why does this melanin make me less than you You hate us when we're standing in our truth Black people you gotta be true to you Let your hair hang down, Let it kink up too Let that skin glow right, glisten off of you Melanin shines bright this is how we do Why is my natural hair too much to endure My lips are big and full so I can speak for (my people) My nose wide as the skies Been trying bring us down but we still fight My fire is dominant, yet you want to stifle it Determination's obvious, yet you want to oppress it Blood still bleeds red, don't treat us like we're less than Got black boy joy and that black girl magic Unapologetically, Unapologetically, Unapologetically, Unapologetically, Unapologetically, Unapologetically, Unapologetically, Unapologetically Black Yeah, Yeah, Ohhhhh Yeah, Yeah They know the power that we possess I guess that's why they fear us at our best We came from kings and Queens Finest things you would ever see (We're royalty) It's evident they hate us lit (we lit) They don't wanna see us win (we winning) Make sure not to give in To that cognitive dissonance You hate us but you love us that you try to be like us (be like us) Fake reinventions of what's been true to us (true to us) We weren't included so we had to create our own (create our own) Something about our hue, call us the originals My fire is dominant, yet you want to stifle it Determination's obvious, yet you want to oppress it Blood still bleeds red, don't treat us like we're less than Got black boy joy and that black girl magic Promoting self-love for generations to come It's not about exclusions, this is our celebration Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ohhhhh Yeah, Ohhhhh yeah, yeah, yeah From black America To the whole damn diaspora Think generationally, so we can build legacies (legacies) Got exceptional creativity Intelligence and knowledge in close proximity Cause they hate us when we love on us We need to build this for us So, this is for my ns hey Yeah, yeah, Ohhhh yeah, Ohhhhh yeah