We are the mothers of civilization We carry the entire nation on our backs Our wounds have birthed America's greatest accomplishments But be clear, our wrath will bring her to her knees I am a black woman, and the black woman is queen Wind is high and stormy tonight We can feel its magical light As the sea comes speaking to me Siren voices drift out of key Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain As we feel its magical light Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain As we feel its magical light Yeah, sittin' on the cement, readin' out the full agreement Don't take shit personally, nigga, just see reflections of they own demons Own buildings, don't need a loan neither (Nah) Tryna measure my contributions, homie, you gon' need a long meter My lyrics on a song with a strong beat Give you my past just to tell a nigga his future like a palm reader (Damn) Under palm trees blowin' weed with my feet up Ain't never worried 'bout when nigga even mess a feat up You shouldn't ever assume, knowledge is king so Ask 'bout what you wanna know and say what you mean bro Met with Farrakhan and asked him, "How in the hell Do you love niggas more than they hate they self?" When you can make it anywhere, but you did make it there Stay in the same hood that kill you 'fore you get to really take it there Know God perfect, they don't make it fair I'm meditatin' to keep from gettin' stuck in my way 'cause it ain't safe in there (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain) Keep from gettin' stuck in my way 'cause it ain't safe (We can feel its magical light) After a darker night come a brighter day, ayy (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain) Be cautious of shit that you get easy, right away, ayy (We can feel its magical light) They say after a darker night come a brighter day Yeah, nowadays I'm tryna stay up out the gossip column (I am) Ignore opinions of people who can't even think to solve small problems (Stupid) So what the **** I look like yellin' loud? Havin' a power struggle with mother****ers who ain't even got no ****in' power It be, the same ones tryna empower That'll kill you either way 'til you're dead before they give flowers (Damn) I'd rather die today before I live in fear (Yeah) And that go for any nigga on this hemisphere (Uh) Young nigga in it, already winnin', huh? (Forreal?) I be over here when you're twenty minutes up, yeah How you gon' make it there burnin' bridges up? Took too many lessons for granted, you shoulda listened (Boy) Niggas hate on me out of ignorance, out of envy Out of ****s to give ya, ho, **** up out of my business I got a vision, and a journey, and an attorney Just in case, I use this burner to keep me off of the gurney, ah (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain) Keep from gettin' stuck in my way 'cause it ain't safe enough (We can feel its magical light) Yeah, after a darker night come a bright day, ayy (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain) Be cautious of shit that you get easy, right away, ayy, be well (We can feel its magical light) They say after a darker night come a bright day My name is Tamika D. Mallory And let me be the one to tell you: A revolution is in progress I come in the tradition of Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Ella Baker, and Angela Davis Mixed with a little bit of Jada Pinkett Smith and Cardi B Because, you see, Black women aren't one-dimensional We think different; we move different; we feel different ways about different things We are not a monolith But the one thing we all agree on is we deserve respect And we demand respect First, we demand respect from our Black kings, and then, we demand respect from the world You see, Brianna Taylor was essential, and justice for her means justice for me
[00:01.873] We are the mothers of civilization [00:05.608] We carry the entire nation on our backs [00:08.779] Our wounds have birthed America's greatest accomplishments [00:13.835] But be clear, our wrath will bring her to her knees [00:18.103] I am a black woman, and the black woman is queen [00:22.370] Wind is high and stormy tonight [00:27.166] We can feel its magical light [00:32.400] As the sea comes speaking to me [00:37.416] Siren voices drift out of key [00:42.313] Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain [00:48.366] As we feel its magical light [00:53.331] Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain [00:58.351] As we feel its magical light [01:03.611] Yeah, sittin' on the cement, readin' out the full agreement [01:07.938] Don't take shit personally, nigga, just see reflections of they own demons [01:10.749] Own buildings, don't need a loan neither (Nah) [01:13.069] Tryna measure my contributions, homie, you gon' need a long meter [01:16.202] My lyrics on a song with a strong beat [01:18.460] Give you my past just to tell a nigga his future like a palm reader (Damn) [01:21.403] Under palm trees blowin' weed with my feet up [01:24.192] Ain't never worried 'bout when nigga even mess a feat up [01:26.742] You shouldn't ever assume, knowledge is king so [01:29.173] Ask 'bout what you wanna know and say what you mean bro [01:31.777] Met with Farrakhan and asked him, "How in the hell [01:34.572] Do you love niggas more than they hate they self?" [01:36.485] When you can make it anywhere, but you did make it there [01:39.092] Stay in the same hood that kill you 'fore you get to really take it there [01:41.612] Know God perfect, they don't make it fair [01:44.690] I'm meditatin' to keep from gettin' stuck in my way 'cause it ain't safe in there [01:47.638] (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain) [01:50.447] Keep from gettin' stuck in my way 'cause it ain't safe [01:52.533] (We can feel its magical light) [01:55.239] After a darker night come a brighter day, ayy [01:58.000] (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain) [02:00.594] Be cautious of shit that you get easy, right away, ayy [02:02.681] (We can feel its magical light) [02:05.042] They say after a darker night come a brighter day [02:07.616] Yeah, nowadays I'm tryna stay up out the gossip column (I am) [02:09.522] Ignore opinions of people who can't even think to solve small problems (Stupid) [02:12.882] So what the **** I look like yellin' loud? [02:14.887] Havin' a power struggle with mother****ers who ain't even got no ****in' power [02:17.979] It be, the same ones tryna empower [02:20.495] That'll kill you either way 'til you're dead before they give flowers (Damn) [02:23.556] I'd rather die today before I live in fear (Yeah) [02:26.627] And that go for any nigga on this hemisphere (Uh) [02:28.913] Young nigga in it, already winnin', huh? (Forreal?) [02:31.718] I be over here when you're twenty minutes up, yeah [02:34.317] How you gon' make it there burnin' bridges up? [02:36.954] Took too many lessons for granted, you shoulda listened (Boy) [02:39.209] Niggas hate on me out of ignorance, out of envy [02:41.735] Out of ****s to give ya, ho, **** up out of my business [02:44.406] I got a vision, and a journey, and an attorney [02:47.110] Just in case, I use this burner to keep me off of the gurney, ah [02:49.888] (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain) [02:52.283] Keep from gettin' stuck in my way 'cause it ain't safe enough [02:54.743] (We can feel its magical light) [02:57.617] Yeah, after a darker night come a bright day, ayy [02:59.777] (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain) [03:03.101] Be cautious of shit that you get easy, right away, ayy, be well [03:05.438] (We can feel its magical light) [03:08.014] They say after a darker night come a bright day [03:10.218] My name is Tamika D. Mallory [03:12.628] And let me be the one to tell you: A revolution is in progress [03:18.330] I come in the tradition of Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Ella Baker, and Angela Davis [03:25.738] Mixed with a little bit of Jada Pinkett Smith and Cardi B [03:30.140] Because, you see, Black women aren't one-dimensional [03:33.560] We think different; we move different; we feel different ways about different things [03:39.892] We are not a monolith [03:41.363] But the one thing we all agree on is we deserve respect [03:46.049] And we demand respect [03:51.055] First, we demand respect from our Black kings, and then, we demand respect from the world [03:56.053] You see, Brianna Taylor was essential, and justice for her means justice for me
