Fruit Of Bantu

Lyrics

[Intro: Coely] Black coat, Black face, Black forever, Black, Black us Black lips, Black hips, Black forever, Black, Black us [Verse1: Coely] Does my blackity black ass offend you They won't let me in cuz I'm Bantu My granny Marie aza ndundu Community healer teaching ubuntu We say makemba, you say plantain We came from different places but we all the same To sala musala until we champagne Ndeko, we gon do it for our DNA I love my mom, Butchu, Michel, that's true I know they got my back, they got deep wounds too See my teams on top maybe that sounds rude Whuuuut my confidence be getting misconstrued Is it my melanin? Is it that thing again? Is it the difference blocking me from fitting in? See I got Black roots Black wounds Black thoughts My lips big and black I'm Black what [Pre-Chorus: Coely] My lips big and black, I'm Black what My lips big and black, I'm Black what [Chorus: Coely] Black coat, Black face, Black forever, Black, Black us Black lips, Black hips, Black forever, Black, Black us Black coat, Black face, Black forever, Black, Black us Black lips, Black hips, Black forever, Black, Black us [Verse2: Shaka Shams] Yes im black, yes a lighter black, still my skin don't crack Black is black, One united pack, still divided hah Zulu land, is the roots I am, Shaka rule again Proof to them, If you fuck with one, you fucking with the pack Where we at, pushing back, on the thrones or in a shack In a pit or peaking past, all that shit that never ends I was lacking bout a week ago, now im pushing back Feel like being black is cool again, I benefit from that Its a curse that is wrapped, up in blessings for the act Still i go but i gotta show, that we is more than that Crossed the globe, so i've always known my melanin's intact I'm in love with my black, still in touch with my black Yes I'm black [Pre-Chorus: Coely] My lips big and black, I'm Black what My lips big and black, I'm Black what [Chorus: Coely] Black coat, Black face, Black forever, Black, Black us Black lips, Black hips, Black forever, Black, Black us Black coat, Black face, Black forever, Black, Black us Black lips, Black hips, Black forever, Black, Black us