Son and Mom were property, daddy remain anonymous
His son a black congressman, who's here in the posthumous
Son and Mom were property, daddy remain anonymous
(Old white man shit)
But his son a black congressman, who's here in the posthumous
(In my consciousness)
Born in the era of terror
Hard to tell what time I speak of when you live in Ameri-
C-couldn't be any clearer, a slim chance I would soar
I was sold 24 years before the war, I was four
For an undisclosed amount, to a clothes connoisseur
I would mop the floor and absorb game around his store
Rub shoulders wit politically elite, ability to peep
They mindsets and villainy they speak, they killin when we sleep
I sneak read they newspapers each and every week
I ought to stop, the auction block is right across the street
For me to see in plain view, to normalize the pain through
My owner Saulsbury couldn't calm the coil
But for the toil and for being loyal, hit me wit some soil
Get my own store, make some muhfuckas blood boil on my mama
The definition of some gangsta shit
All ya life they tell you to work to be first
But if you black and you the first, then it's the worst
So fuck it I'm a make they blood boil
(They blood boil)
Word around town I was uncontested in cutting a double breasted
They coming into my store when they want the fresh shit
I'm money-making out in Macon fighting for the next shit
Motherland in the back of my mind- how we need an exit
Then had my first daughter Annie, I'm 29
Same year the war ended in '65-- underline
Let's reconstruct, once they emancipate ya
We ushered 32 brothers into the legislature
For government to circumvent, it didn't hesitate to
They expelled all 32 and they'll be further murder too
They ain't just tryna to hurt a few
My wife circle heard it too (true)
But still we standing vertical
Found out their favorite political tactic is to kill ya
White riot thrilla in Camilla
From then on I couldn't seem to simmer my blood boil
(The blood boil)
Live a nightmare in the day so my nights' sleepless
Meanwhile I'm a write speeches that might reach us
We need federal representay and some tight teachers
(Word)
(Federal interest and the right teachers)
I see right thru disguise, I can match y'all eyes
While I analyze some white lies from white allies
That might bail sides
Show me who you is
Never words, but how you move told me who you is
Still.Accepting that I'm selected got me effectively elected
My electorate electric
Accepting that I'm selected got me effectively elected
My electorate electric
They looking at the first Georgia Black official
(He in the houuuse)- watch the property taxes triple, I'm Jeff Long
(He in the houuuse)
The definition of some gangsta shit
For writing and reading, he an outlaw
From being bought and sold to speaking on the House Floor
My mama told me speak truth until the blood boil
Watch! I'm a make they blood boil
I'm a make they blood boil, blood boil, yeah
I'm a make they blood boil
I'm a make they blood boil blood boil, yeah
I'm a make they blood boil blood boil, yeah
Blood boil, yeah