Blacks killing blacks it is deeper than just a catchphrase Sisters have been looking pass a keeper just to make it to a front page Only wanting to be a Nikki Giovanni on some days In some ways I know that it is our fault The n in me Has made it so our woman will risk it all, at all cost When was it last about strong thoughts Since then all sorts of killings have happened Spreading my madness For static How tragic Ecogenetics It's in our genes and it's in our fabric It took four hundred years for us to develop these habits Of not supporting our blackness Our blackness is what made us active Like them 8treyz from back in the days When was the last time we on honored our slaves Told our kids about the pages they've changed I don't say accept the rampage but first, understand it Imma a n You's a bitch until we change the language The standard is a requirement and its demanded Killing ourselves underhanded Lack of support is what's creating the most damage And these cameras are keeping them in place like a campus On the canvas Cardell Hayes is drawn out to look like he killed another saint It's all cancerous But all the information was pampered Now that man is banished to palace he didn't establish Blacks are killing blacks It's deeper than just a catchphrase What is it about me that has you feeling displeased? Wait, let me finish. let your eyes meet mine as I reclaim my time What do you see? Do you not see the woman who refused to stand so you could sit Wherever you please? Or the mother who exposed her son's Unrecognizable face for the world to see? So your mother can see you live past fourteen Aren't we the women racing to the polls leading the voting machine? You see, I love you more than you know, this aint for show, this is growth Far from being your bitch or your hoe Closer to being your Angela rye or Claudia Jones From the fields to the projects to the suburbs we were by your side Or they forced us to replace your absence With relentless independence and longer strides Systematically our tears aren't a fucking option And Our value is still reduced to a bare minimum