African King
Benjamin III
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Tell me the truth (Hheyi) Black man Look at me in my eyes (Eyes) Look at me, tell me why (Why) Berlin birthed in the scramblin' for my demise (Mise) You in your white disguise (Guise) Civil to civilize (Lies) The "uncivilized" and the "undignified" and then you mystify my Proof You telling me slavery sings to my Youth Your history lies as it beckons by Truth Robbing my land of resources For reasons residing by paupers Let's open this caucus and cause your confusion To court my illusions abusing my I don't understand why you dispose my land I went up west to land on natives killed by clan I danced to the burning cross I dodged every bullet shot I moved at the white man's cost Black Jesus (Fret, fret not) You had me in your wars Then called me home for more I bled from every pore A war at home and abroad My (Blackness) Brutalized your mind Blinded your humanity to crucify My (Actions) Had me weaponized in wicked schemes Waiting just to nullify my Proof You telling me slavery sings to my Youth Your history lies as it beckons by Truth Robbing my land of resources Believe me, you cannot ignore it You bogus impostor, imploring my people to poverty People of sovereignty Wait now (Telling me) Cape Town (Enemy) Take down (Pedigree) My crown (Heavenly) I'm walking back and forth Walking back and forth Pacing in the dark Looking to the North Signs I can't ignore White man on my porch Bullets for my torch Talking to the Lord My leaders wound up dead From coup de tats, I read My teachers educated me 'bout none of them I shackled every entity of energy That pestered me to kill my enemies instead I chose to be a man that Mandela was then Exemplary to what humanity was meant to be Meant to be Harmony I don't see I don't see Give to me my Proof You telling me slavery sings to my Youth Your history lies as it beckons by Truth Robbing my land of resources I know that you'll never afford it Let's open these can of worms I want you to learn As you burn for abusing my Abusing my mother land Abusing my mother's hand Accusing my father's hand Uprooting my inner man If you claim to be my brother understand That human worth is never measured by a man So put superiority away today My blackness' a reflection of the One great King King King King (Right, one two, one two) King (My King, my King) Anybody on accord now Anybody on accord now With a new concave rolling in my ground (King) (Me down again) (My King, my King) Everybody one accord now Anybody on accord now Everybody one accord now Why would you delay diggin' in my ground (King) (My King, my King) (Don't let them bring me down again) Anybody on accord now Ah Everybody one accord now Ah Anybody on accord now Listen, you gon' pay diggin' in my ground With a new concave rolling into my ground Why would I relegate my image into your ground Foreground displaying images, showdown My crown is layin' in abyss, I clown You clown (You cloud my judgement) Mute Everybody looking cool now at the pew Anybody with a prayer bound at the Jew With a few bowing down to sounds of adieu In a percolated pilgrim inbound in a tune Just to prove every noun renowned for the Jew Pick a feud with a few bound for the truth In a loop, crowd in a troop to remove all of you and (Tell me the truth) (Down again) I'm Brutus roaming for a pound of flesh I cease crown from Caesar in a season Seizure in procedure Foaming at mouth, I left Right when he saw my blackness abreast (You loco man) Right then I saw my blackness abreast A white horse Riding another course Freedom is coming forth I move at a speedy force Harriet Tubman is telling me to look North Fredrick Douglass is fighting right in the York Knew a newness of free Dumb to be ignored Now I'm running for free Dumb to see more of me (Tell me the truth) (Down) (Down again) In a percolated pilgrim inbound in a tune Just to prove every noun renowned for the Jew Pick a feud with a few bound for the truth In a loop, crowd in a troop to remove all of you and (My King, my King) (Don't let them bring me down again) (My, my) King
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