Trinidad James - BlackMan Pt. 1 lyrics
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(Intro)
You and I, you and I
Hey!
(Chorus)
You ain't got to read between the lines
To realize what we need
You ain't got to read between the lines
To realize what we need
You don't have to read between the lines
To realize what we need
A lil bit of you NITY
A lil bit of you NITY
A lil bit of you NITY
A lil less of you and more you and I
A lil less of me and more you and I
A lil less of me and more you and I
A lil less of me and more you and I
(Interlude)
Unity is what all communities need
It doesn't matter the color of your skin
Don't let that racial chip hold you down
From making it towards you wanna go
Help (?) and together we will rise
(Verse 2)
Black man, black man
Black man, black man
Black man, you gotta tell em what you want
Keep us out em cage, we ain't monkeys no more
We fight for creativity, we ain't fightin' yo war
Be a queen, queen, you ain't gotta be a hoe
I say what I want but I'm keepin' it real
Freedom of speech really ain't that free
So when you say what you want you gotta say it in secret
Ignore the obvious but I know that you see it
Hey, I know that you see it
Ignore the obvious but I knot that you see it
Ignore the problem but I know that we see it
If you don't acknowledge it then you the reason
Put yo fists up!
I know that you see it
Ignore the obvious but I knot that you see it
Ignore the problem but I know that we see it
If you don't acknowledge it then you the reason
Straight up!
(Chorus)
You ain't got to read between the lines
To realize what we need
You ain't got to read between the lines
To realize what we need
You don't have to read between the lines
To realize what we need
A lil bit of you NITY
A lil bit of you NITY
A lil bit of you NITY
A lil less of you and more you and I
A lil less of me and more you and I
A lil less of me and more you and I
A lil less of me and more you and I
(Interlude)
I got love for the yous in Chicago
I got love for the yous in Detroit
I got love for the yous in New Orleans
I got love for the yous all around the world
I love my presidents, but fuck the government
Cuz if it ain't a budget, they ain't budgin'
Straight up!
(Verse 3)
Black man, kill a black man
Over the fakest fucking chain or a dice game
Crips killing Crips, is that really love?
Favorite color red, so now you a Blood?
Fuck outta here! Missed me with that
Fight the power, strapped em black
Mystify em hour, who got yo back?
Is it a black man or is it yo strap?
Pop pop! THis ain't a black white Chinese thang
Got love from the Mexicans and every race
All around the world, we gotta stick together
I don't see a color, all I see is a brother
Cuz my public enemy is not the man that's next to me
But actually the man above that's lookin' down on me
Like if we is for that (?) we gotta stand together
(Chorus)
You ain't got to read between the lines
To realize what we need
You ain't got to read between the lines
To realize what we need
You don't have to read between the lines
To realize what we need
A lil bit of you NITY
A lil bit of you NITY
A lil bit of you NITY
A lil less of you and more you and I
A lil less of me and more you and I
A lil less of me and more you and I
A lil less of me and more you and I
(Outro)
I got love, aye
I got love
I got love, aye
I got love
(Verse 4)
Hey! I neva was the type to look away from the obvious pain
They put on my people just to chain the fact that we can is a (?)
Stronger than the images they put on big screens
'nough fo' showin', niggas know it
The (?) Federal Unions we neva had
Instead we get the vine and reminisce on the path
Of our poor righteous teachers
Community needs us to be betta role models and more leaders
We on it! Stand for the call, leer for the moment
As long as I'm breathin', I'm fightin' fo' freedom against my opponent
They want me to slave it out, throw us in cages
To hit the remainers, skip ova the pages or our courses
Cuz we too busy killin' up each other
Heard another unarmed brother got smothered
Another memorial and cryin' mother
(?)That folk in trouble, damn!
