BLACK PARADE - Extended Version

Ah
 I'm goin' back to the South
 I'm goin' back, back, back, back
 Where my roots ain't watered down
 Growin', growin' like a Baobab tree
 Of life on fertile ground, ancestors put me on game
 Ankh charm on gold chains, with my Oshun energy, oh
 Drip all on me, woo, Ankh or the Dashiki print
 Hol' up, don't I smell like such a nag champa incense?
 Yeah, pure ice (ice), ice (ice), buss down
 Uh, flooded (flooded), flooded (flooded), on my wrist, out
 Ooh, goin' up, goin' up, motherland, motherland drip on me
 Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like
 Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me
 Yeah, I can't forget my history is her-story, yeah
 Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad
 Yeah, they always mad, yeah
 Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad
 And they always have been
 Honey, come around my way, around my hive
 Whenever mama say so, mama say
 Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
 Follow my parade, oh, my parade
 Talkin' slick to my folk (my folk), nip that lip like lipo (lipo)
 You hear them swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite
 Now here we come on our thrones sittin' high
 Follow my parade, oh, my parade
 Yeah, yeah, I'm for us, all black
 All chrome, black-owned
 Black tints, matte black
 Roll by, my window down, let 'em see who in it
 Crack a big smile (ding)
 Go figure, me and Jigga, fifty 'leven children
 They like, "Chick, how?"
 I charge my crystals in a full moon
 You could send them missiles, I'ma send my goons
 Baby sister reppin' Yemaya (Yemaya)
 Trust me, they gon' need an army (ah)
 Rubber bullets bouncin' off me (ah)
 Made a picket sign off your picket fence (ah)
 Take it as a warning (ah, ah)
 Waist beads from Yoruba (woo)
 Four hunnid billi', Mansa Musa (woo)
 Stroll line to the barbeque
 Put us any-damn-where, we gon' make it look cute
 Pandemic fly on the runway in my hazmat
 Judgin', runnin' through the house to my art, all black
 Ancestors on the wall let the ghosts chit-chat
 (Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat)
 Hold my hands, we gon' pray together
 Lay down, face down in the gravel
 Woo, wearin' all attire white to the funeral
 Black love, we gon' stay together
 Curtis Mayfield on the speaker (woo)
 Lil' Malcolm, Martin mixed with mama Tina (woo)
 Need another march, lemme call Tamika (woo)
 Need peace and reparation for my people (woo)
 Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up (shrivel up)
 Fuck this fade and waves, I'ma let it dread all up (dread all up)
 Put your fists up in the air, show black love (show black love)
 Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
 Honey, come around my way, around my hive
 Whenever mama say so, mama say
 Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
 Follow my parade, oh, my parade
 Talkin' slick to my folk (my folk), nip that lip like lipo (lipo)
 You hear 'em swarmin', right? (bzz) Bees is known to bite (bzz, bzz)
 Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
 Follow my parade, oh, my parade
 We got rhythm (we got rhythm)
 We got pride (we got pride)
 We birth kings (we birth kings)
 We birth tribes (we birth tribes)
 Holy river (holy river)
 Holy tongue (holy tongue)
 Speak the glory (speak the glory)
 Feel the love (feel the love)
 Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
 Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
 I can't forget my history, it's her-story
 Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me, woo, woo
 Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad
 Yeah, they always mad, yeah
 Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad
 And they always have been
 Honey, come around my way, around my hive (my)
 Whenever mama say so (hey), mama say (hey, hey)
 Here I come on my throne, sittin' high (high)
 Follow my parade, oh, my parade (hey, hey, hey)
 Talkin' slick to my folk (my folk), nip that lip like lipo (lipo)
 You hear 'em swarmin', right? (bzz) Bees is known to bite (bzz, bzz)
 Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
 Follow my parade, oh, black parade