Lyrics

verse:
1-6-1-9, on the last day the sun shined/
I arrived on the white lion across the Transatlantic pipe line/
Stepped on the continent, new world full of consequence/
Perceived as incompetent, then stripped of all confidence/
Colonization was the topic of the conversation/
Pacing on foreign land, free labor was my occupation/
Seen millions more arrive on the eastern shore line/
For centuries, never knew a free man who was kin to me/
Focused all my energies on survival and identity/
Erasing from my memory the brutalizing from my enemies/
In the name of Christianity, but really it was vanity/
Inhumane insanity, raped and killed all my family/
But we will rise. Abolition came but it was a guise/
Imperialism and white supremacy disguised/
(Yep) The prize winner. Reconstruction made my eyes glimmer/
With hope, that lies inner, but Jim Crow made my highs thinner/
Denied many dinners from cold-blooded crime killers/
Picked up a few supporters that would Freedom-ride with us/
But we got hosed, they bombed our churches and tore off our clothes/
Killed our little girls and locked all our boys in the hole/
Murdered our leaders, squashed our marches, and paid off our speakers/
And then passed a few surface laws for applause, just to appease us/
Procedures in the courts rooms, to keep us from the boardrooms/
Poisoned our neighborhoods; turned them to slums and war zones/
And they wonder why (why?), I never say the pledge/
I built the white house and the capitol, but they crawling on the ledge/
On January 6th, it's like throwing sticks at gun fight/
Its broke right? But how much y'all really wanna fix?/
From plantations to minimum wage, we cash victims/
And with this cotton-picking tax system I'm at the bottom of this caste system/
Its this state I'm in. Born in a place where they hate our skin/
So miss me when you say "Make America Great Again"/


Hook:
Miss me with those liberal acts, miss me with them MAGA hats/
Republicans and democrats, both refuse to face the facts/
Oppressive amendment acts. Voter suppression poll tax/
Miss me with that jargon when all yo systems and yo Codes are Black/

Miss me with yo news flash, miss me when you anti-black/
The Boys in Blue will attack; criminal justice traps/
14th Amendment Act; Incarceration stats/
Miss me with that freedom chat when yo systems and yo Codes are Black/


(I love my country…but my country don’t always love me)