Youngins running, gunning, just want a taste
Tryna find they place before they go to waste
Seeking for a sense of identity
Time to cultivate and be motivated
In the mainstream the culture is so sedated
Tryna coax our babies to get incarcerated
Numbing our brain like it's novocaine
So we aim for mind
So our culture reigns
And so we roll
Over a shaky bridge called backs breaking in
Placing feet in spaces that they never meant to be
I never meant to be a cause of heartache and still
Wrestle inside it's ill, can't find time to chill
Just spill rhymes to kill fear instilled here
We still here like earth, and the people here first
These hurts I reverse to find lessons in em
Until it works, yo we struggled since birth
I'm the first born in this land though
My fam knows Asmara as home
I'm not traditional but grown with those values
Same culture, new language
Like the blues down to jazz, rock, hip-hop, and it don't stop
And it can't, as sure as land is life
And I am tied with the struggles of every Anahuac tribe
Decolonize minds
Treat every child like your own
And show respect for this planet we on
Youngins running, gunning, just want a taste
Tryna find they place before they go to waste
Seeking for a sense of identity
Time to cultivate and be motivated
In the mainstream the culture is so sedated
Tryna coax our babies to get incarcerated
Numbing our brain like it's novocaine
So we aim for mind
So our culture reigns
For the love of the culture
This is my hustle, this is my grind
I plant a seed, and eat the fruit to the rind
It's gonna be fine, it don't make no nevermind
Love, you forever shine
Thug, you the breath of life, that's why you death defy
I'm here to rectify
Sometimes the essence of your blessings hard to recognize
You see it
The youth is our true freedom
And no marketing scheme could ever stop the truth from leading our dreams
Undefeated
We believe what we can see we achieve
And peace is one being
And God is all seeing
And God is love
So love is all seeing
Is what we're seamed in, now begin
New eyes with a clean lens
Get off that crack fiend binge and stack cream trend
Show that Blacks gleaming and don't lack a thing
Understanding the quality your naturally in
Intelligent, eloquent, destined for heaven-sent fellowship
And never settle for less than your worth
Love will settle the score
Mingle with metaphor
Dabble with syllable
Spit so much heat, flammable
Melt the teeth from the enamel
Life's more than a gamble
It's your fully endorsed cause to soar
Far, to who you are
No one can hold a candle, baby you're a star
Soar
Far, to who you are
No one can hold a candle, baby you're a star
Youngins running, gunning, just want a taste
Tryna find they place before they go to waste
Seeking for a sense of identity
Time to cultivate and be motivated
In the mainstream the culture is so sedated
Tryna coax our babies to get incarcerated
Numbing our brain like it's novocaine
So we aim for mind
So our culture reigns