Tuskegee (feat. Camper & Alayah Simone)

And you made it! A little bit on the late side but still you've arrived Now everyone, everyone, line up the same way we've rehearsed Today is a special day You'll be receiving your special certificates For completing your color course Congratulations, you've made it this far, Million Man March Taper fades with the parts, man I'm so John Henry Clark Where do I start? We can go to the richest man in history being black Or Auntie's house where it's milk frozen in freezer bags Could hit the block where they holding sticks like Barry Bonds Or hit the Mosque where the brothers say "We of Farrakhan," pick your soldier Or let Claude Anderson teach you how you can hit your quota Used to half way open the Sprite can to sip the soda Give Mr. Devin $200, bet he can fix ya motor Or I can show you a few single mothers that's lifting boulders Because her man got locked for Something the government now profits from But, we survive anything so save Your pity 'cause we proved them wrong We made Diddy's, we made Delaney's We made cities, they burned them down We made Jiffy For cornbread we stay busy, set the trends we stay jiggy Barbeques we made memories If you ask me these the raps that could have saved Whitney I got a few exes wishing they would've stayed with me Probably should've prayed with me, 'cause we all got curses to break We just colored kids puttin' our purpose in place From a place, experiencing everything from churches to hate Big Popeyes chicken and Church's debates with no personal space We slap snoop through the day but on Sunday we let Kirk Franklin play And we call that shit a ghetto symphony, I know y'all feel the energy Stop, black man know your worth before you sign that dot Watch, black Queen when they wanna speak on while your hair in knots Stay true, better love your color, can't be ashamed Shootin' craps, rhymin' packs, watchin' Stella Got Her Groove Back Built this land, you better know facts Put the Pyramids on our backs One with the Sun, Stars and the Moon Naturally glow, the brightest in the room Man I love bein' colored And here they are, this year's school of hard knocks colored course graduates Stand to your feet if you will, aren't you so proud? So proud to know the true essence of color Rivers and waters They just keep flowin' Rivers and waters Keep flowin' in my soul Rivers and waters They just keep flowin', flowin' Rivers and waters, waters Keep flowin' in my soul Flowin' in my soul Keep flowin' in my soul Flowin' in my soul Keep flowin' in my soul (soul) Keep flowin' in my soul (Keep flowin' through my soul) Keep flowin' in my soul