Melanin Blues
Don’t calm me over with sweet melodies of song verses Pacify me with
we’ll rise, we’ll rise..we will rise
Then have me knocked over with melancholic rhythms banging against my heart as you see nothing except skin hues of hatred while still claiming to love the rainbow!
Melanin blues,Melanin blues,Melanin blues,
I got you
Melanin blues
Deja vue to me is singing . ‘We shall overcome “
again and again and again
They got you shamed for being a descendant of a slave,
Forgetting parts of you are descendant of the master too
Melanin blues,Melanin blues,Melanin blues,
Beautiful hues
Melanin blues
You’ll have none of that supper at his table,
You’ll have none of that 40 acre, no mule, no equal school, none of that
But you’ll rise, you’ll rise, you’ll rise
Melanin blues,Melanin blues,Melanin blues,
Bloodlines paying dues
Melanin blues
The miseducation
Comes with ignorance which is blatant
You don’t know you,
They hide in digested flesh particles of hatred too
Lost found nation what to do, what to do …
with the Black Man?
Frederick yells - DO NOTHING!
Let that man be!
As you rise, as you rise, as you rise
Guttural stop!
Man can’t have you thinking,
Guns start to pop
Let them fester and burn
Start again in the morn
Dog days, long nights
Deja vue - repeat
We Shall Overcome, We Shall Overcome, We Shall Overcome -
ain’t no freedom song
It keeps you WANTING, and waiting- standing still
With fist pumps to skies still awaiting your rise
Free your mind
Free yourself
No permission needed…
Melanin blues, Melanin blues, Melanin blues,
Freedom dues
Melanin blues
Stop singing and DO!
YOU GOT THEM MELANIN HUES!
Trusting Dopeness Everyday
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Princess Peaces - Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal