I used to wish my body was another I used to be embarrassed of my color Sitting on a terrace no my skin is not the fairest Got the nappiest of hair So I'm worried about appearance Look, this is what I think The world always wanted us to sink So fuck it i'ma go out in a mink And as The fur gets heavier I'll drown steadier They threw us in the water but we're harboring our stamina like Mind my grammar hoe we animals right? Certain standards I ain't standing for no animal rights Whats a riot to a murder You're mishandling life That's a child with no mother Try replacing a wife Cases never see the light Breonna Taylors just die Face it i could never trust you cause you severed the ties And created insecurities to battle my maturity They took away our purity let's leave it at that, thinking Seems i lose my shade sometimes but i'm golden Swear that i'm golden, yea yea Seems i might be gray sometimes but i'm golden Swear that i'm golden, yea yea So tell me should I trust Why is it I'm biased into thinking that a biopsy determines whether cuffs Shackle my wrist Fact is the blacker one is The faster they factor you're it Passive or pissed Officer it seems that all the oxygen Is leaving my esophagus So how could i be competent Commenting on questions But your knee is on my neck So how the fuck do you expect For me to answer this in confidence Common sense This is for the Gurleys This for Alton sterling, Eric Garner, and Freddie Gray praying they don't pull me over and then frisk me For its over the aroma of the doja that i roll up for the Anxieties These fears of my peers and i dying to 1 2 Ones you call reliable Ain't it wild to think You rely on them we hide from them shit, like Seems i lose my shade sometimes but i'm golden Swear that i'm golden, yea yea Seems i might be gray sometimes but i'm golden Swear that i'm golden, yea yea