BLACK MAN

I just want freedom to not think about freedom (Right) We learned his story and not our story, why the mislead 'em? (Why?) Money and power, guns, that's a wild threesome Life seem shorter for us, that's why we not sleeping Our women over-stressed, can't do another stretch (Nah) No yoga, life sweating out her silk press (Damn) She never had a silk shirt (Never) Soft cheeks get watered when she feel hurt (Whatever) Just sister such-and-such filling up the church 'Cause brother so-and-so is under all that dirt And the weight on her shouldеrs, she just wanna fly Sliding in her shoes that just ain't hеr size Twenty-three and one hour to see the sky Jail calls from my brother, glad he still alive (Right) I just tell him hold on, I can feel him slide (Nah) And I write a song about it when I feel a vibe Black man, Black man (Black man, Black man) Do you know where you're going? (Where you're going) Black man, Black man (Black man, Black man) Do you know where you heading to? (Where you're heading to) Black man, Black man (Black man, Black man) Do you know where you come from? (Where you come from) Black man, Black man (Black man) Do you know where you going? (Do you know?) My skin is brown, my nose is wide (True) Smoking on Mary lower my eyes (True) Dreaming of photographs I done clipped out Survivors guilt, nana never had the big house Auntie still got plastic on the couch Church on Sunday, no cussing was allowed (Nope) Her husband on the porch talking loud (Drunk) Cup full of liquor, he might drown Bad swimmer, aroma from the corner where the crabs simmer A couple dozen not a bad dinner (Nah) Night fall lullabies, gunshots might adlib ya By the morning they mourning a tee with a man's picture Granny spin a pitcher, fresh Kool-Aid Starter jacket, gold chains and some new Js Cadillac passing, the spare had a suitcase Shorty on the passenger had a due date for a Black man, Black man (Black man, Black man) Do you know where you're going? (Where you're going) Black man, Black man (Black man, Black man) Do you know where you heading to? (Where you're heading to) Black man, Black man (Black man, Black man) Do you know where you come from? (Where you come from) Black man, Black man (Black man) Do you know where you going? (Do you know?)