Various Artists — Colors

[Intro] Petrified the trauma goes Deep beyond the microscope I think before I try to spoke The ego died then find my soul Culturally as vultures pick The guts and run with it Leave the bones and paint the pig Get off on your psychosis Up What’s up What’s up What’s up What’s up (ha ho ha ho ha ho ha ho) What’s up (ha ho ha ho ha ho ha ho) What’s up (ha ho ha ho ha ho ha ho) What’s up (ha ho ha ho ha ho ha ho) [Chorus 1] Papa had H in his veins Poppin’ AKs at the range Mama go to work in the cage We already know ain’t shit gon’ change Can’t sell hope, money hoes dope Generation broke, bro how you gon’ cope? Mama on choke hole, daddy on yolk Send them to Iraq, came back wit a scope, uh [Chorus 1] Papa had H in his veins Poppin’ AKs at the range Mama go to work in the cage We already know ain’t shit gon’ change Can’t sell hope, money hoes dope Generation broke, bro how you gon’ cope? Mama on choke hole, daddy on yolk Send them to Iraq, came back wit a scope, uh [Verse 1] Uncle Sam said don’t feel, don’t think Hearts turn cold still goes clink Put glitter on shit, it’s still gon’ stink I ain’t nothing like a pig, we just both pink Uncle was a vet, blowing high tech Hundred thou- in debt, tryna forget Growing on a quarter like I’m in a quartet Nike Cortez through his phone a cortex [Verse 2: Brother Ali] Trimming with a tee, got a response of three Fighter, flighter, freeze Ignite, dynamite a leaves, slip slaughter up in debris With the mind short-circuit and nerves just seize These are the wounds that don’t heal Remember like a dream even they’re so real When they’re fighting and polite and there’s no one left to out run Five-O say freeze and you got numb [Chorus 2] If I kill kill, can I get my soul back Life’s cheap now, big slash road back Didn’t always cost [?] did you know that? Wonder why we left homie can I go back? [Verse 3] Why do Irish people drink a lot? As I walk into the liquor spot Heard I’m German didn't know my pops All my homies got my lesson Didn’t know ‘bout that [?] regular in my city Like it’s our fault our cultures at the Wal-Mart Across seas, it was there it got tore apart You pour a piss on our leg like it’s [?] Traumatized from the shit our grandfathers saw Like a lot of y’all I’m protective and vulnerable I know every move you could ever do It’s passed down to me, I pass it down to you Why they call you white when you colorful We got colonized My ancestor’s thoughts was not mine I know this land’s not mine Fuck them tax books they sold to you I don’t want to take your soul from you [Chorus 2] If I kill kill, can I get my soul back Life’s cheap now, big slash road back Didn’t always cost [?] did you know that? Wonder why we left homie can I go back? [Verse 4] White supremacy is the context It’s a nuanced problem, shit’s complex In the suburbs, in the section 8 complex Middle school cleared out with a bomb threat Pow-pow never knew about the Dow You don’t wanna die then you better bow down Yeah I know about it, yeah I been around town We ain’t fuckin’ with the government when it go down [Verse 5: Brother Ali] Grandpa where were you when they were burning churches? Grandma what about the babies in the service? Father, why you so solemn in your sermons? Are you all too nervous to consider what the curse is? Grandad cut his wrists in the bathtub Papa hit the bottle til his car crashed up Not even the mirror is a safe place, tryna save face while I’m tearing this mask up [Chorus 1] Papa had H in his veins Poppin’ AKs at the range Mama go to work in the cage We already know ain’t shit gon’ change Can’t sell hope, money hoes dope Generation broke, bro how you gon’ cope? Mama on choke hole, daddy on yolk Send them to Iraq, came back wit a scope, uh (x3) [Outro] Ha ho ha ho ha ho ha ho (x4)