Lift every voice and sing, 'til earth and Heaven ring Ring with the harmonies of liberty Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies Let it resound loud as the rolling sea Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us Facing the rising sun of our new day begun Let us march on 'til victory is won

Searching for a new life in a different space This world is just too crowded for me Trying to get back a sense of freedom Far away from the evil that's haunting me Finding my way back home To whence where we came from Kings and queens on the throne So find your way back home Back home It's time to move on to a better land (A new frontier to explore, something more) We're tired of being tired of the devil's work Cause the truth is this experiment Has never been about fitting in So how can we reconcile? (The government god knows ain't workin for us) So how can we reconcile? (If the peace officer can't make peace they who can we trust?) Finding my way back home To whence where we came from Kings and queens on the throne So find your way back home Back home So many dreams we lost Who's to pay for the cost? So many people / we lost So many dreams / we lost So many evils So many people

B-L-A-C-K Black Black BL-AC-K The color of my skin, Blackalicious Bubblelicious chew me up and spit me out again Black, black, black blatat, tat, tat I mean African American America home of the Brave home of the Free Are we really free? I see the way you look at me BOO! Did I scare you, did I make you jump with my I'm O.K -I won't hurt you- smile Chump Chump, chump chop, chop, eat away cut away at my self- esteem it seems like esteem but really I am steaming steaming mad I know you're glad cuz I can't hurt you 1, 2, 22,62, 1492 Is that when the first wave of Africans became American? Home of the Brave Home of the Free Free Free Look and Fuckin' see The chains that are holding me tight tight tight so I won't forget that my people OUR people were Stolen, traded, bartered for You were bold, brave and free that's why you put us in chains so you could stifle me You stole a mother, a father, a sister, a brother a people, a culture, a heritage but you can't take a legacy of warriors queens and kings founders inventors philosophy and the essence of civilization Shit without us how could you survive, think, build write rule rule, rule You better go to school but don't let those schools fool you You just get a paragraph in those history books Blacks were slaves Lincoln freed them The End They made him a hero but the slave books read zero… capitalism that is, you were no longer lucrative June 19th We say Juneteenth Free at last Free at last Thank God Almighty We're Free at last Freedom past past, past past right by before Africans became Americans OR was it the VOTE Or that Rosa said NO! Ooh they gonna get mad some would say but many people were glad glad, glad that they marched marched marched in the street sprayed by water hose bitten by dogs just so we could sit where we wanted to on the bus after a long day on our feet feet feet It will be a defeat If you don't remember those four little girls they didn't die in vain so that we could gain a high school drop out rate of something insane Oh we shall overcome Power to my people Niger Negro Afro African African-American Do you know what time it is? Hyphen is just a bridge A bridge to what? White consciousness Please don't hyphenate me Me, me That is black Black BLACK Is it just the color of the skin the coil of my hair or the consciousness that we are in, in, in aware that is Where Home of the Brave Home of the Free it's just a wallet Please Mr. Policeman DON'T SHOT ME

In the night I am invisible You know you may not see That I'm invincible The pain and suffering of wounds that never heal But we gotta keep holding on Holding on an on and on (Or are we just invisible?) Holding on an on and on (Or are we just invisible?) We were born to die As time stands still The years come and go The future's my biggest fear A broken record spins The same ol song How can we keep holdin on The walls are closin in on me  More and more till I can't breathe My mind keeps on spinning  If I fall please catch me The road ahead's a scary one I'll close my eyes until we're done And you can be the guide I hope we see the light Through the darkness you will find Find some peace of mind Through the rain the sun gon' shine Shine on my brothas and sistas Who lost their way, it won't be long

Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now am found T'was blind but now I see

When they shipped us over as slaves  Made us struggle in the field till we fell in the grave  Then they noosed up our necks and hung us from the trees Burned our bodies down as we bled on the leaves Mmm…Now they tellin us we still equal even though i The narrative still the same so Don't Ask Why…I'm Hotter Than July Don't Ask Why…I'm Hotter Than July When they tried to keep us from equality  We had to march hand in hand just to be free  They they beat us till we bled and they hosed us down  Put the dogs on us rippin our knees on the ground  Don't ask why…I'm Hotter than July Don't ask why…I'm Hotter than…. Don't try to tell me All Lives Matter Cause it really doesn't matter to me When the people who fought and died For your freedom is Still trying to be free…. Hotter….I'm hotter Hotter…I'm hotter When a young baby cries when his daddy dies Holdin up his two black hands…oh lord! When a brotha man chokes and can't reach for his throat Cause they afraid of his two black hands…oh lord! When I continue to think that we is on the brink of becoming extinct All because of my two black hands…. Don't ask why…I'm hotter than July Don't ask why…I'm hotter than July Don't ask why…I'm hotter than July Don't ask why…I'm hotter than July Don't ask why…I'm hotter than July

He met her and didn't sweat her Cuz he knew that that would get her Set the trap (CLAP) As a kid he went from love her And never gonna forget her To never looking back (CLAP) From a long line of born to's From the avocado farm to the orange juice Miss nothin don't miss nothin They telling kids they can be like him and get somethin Not trying to preach, but maybe God's needed Or maybe there ain't one and that's the line that should really be repeated Top seeded seeds Are no match for greed Usually grow old only to realize how they've been cheated Be ez Even when it's not Don't worry bout getting got Rather what you got Fatherless child's father Was a fatherless child And guarantee he ain't forgot. Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child A long way from home I wanna run and find a place to call home Gonna find my space to a place I call home I wanna run and find a place to call home A long way from home Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child A long way from home A long way from home A long way from home

Black Lives Matter Her Life Matters Our Lives Matter And he's not my President! No, he's not my President Climb the ladder This wall will shatter Because brown lives matter And he's not my President! No, he's not my President The rich gets richer While the poor get poorer Time to say no more And he's not my President! No, he's not my President What will be our fate  As we stand at the gate Say NO to the hate And he's not my President! No, he's not my President What is history Without her story No more Misogny And he's not my President! No, he's not my President Let every man woman and child Hold hands and sing out proud And say "We Will Not Allow" For him to be our president No, he's not my president Black Lives Matter.  Her Life Matters Our Lives Matter And he's not my President! No, he's not my President

Why should I feel discouraged? And why should the shadows come? Why should my heart feel lonely And long for heavenly home When Jesus is my portion? And my constant friend is He You know, his eye is on the little sparrow And I know he cares for you and me His eye is on the little sparrow And I know God is watching over you and me

In the night I am invisible You know you may not see That I'm invincible The pain and suffering of wounds that never heal But we gotta keep holding on Holding on an on and on (Or are we just invisible?) Holding on an on and on (Or are we just invisible?) We were born to die As time stands still The years come and go The future's my biggest fear A broken record spins The same ol song How can we keep holdin on The walls are closin in on me  More and more till I can't breathe My mind keeps on spinning  If I fall please catch me The road ahead's a scary one I'll close my eyes until we're done And you can be the guide I hope we see the light Through the darkness you will find Find some peace of mind Through the rain the sun gon' shine Shine on my brothas and sistas Who lost their way, it won't be long