Black Independence

Lyrics

[Verse 1: J. Ivy] From the Ivory Coast to Brownsville Bed-Stuy, St. Louis, Detroit Memphis, Jackson, Rosewood, Harlem This is Tulsa before the bombings Black Wall Street We haul heat 'cause we want options Made it through America's great adoption Went from beanstalk to getting stacks Hustling blocks to getting racks They fashion our design 'cause we don't slack They fear the idea of independence being black [Verse 2: Smoke DZA] Right, uh, what's the business? I am the business They give you the fantasy story, here go the realness If a rapper ain't doing no shows, it's probably slow 'Cause most niggas doing it always be on the road No three-sixties less it's waves spinning Them whack deals ain't designed for no niggas winning I'm over the weak advances Distribute your own shit It's better chances fighting the same battle as Ye But don't worry, we got the answers, Sway Invest into your dreams, nigga What I created is what I rock today Uh, motivated times two You could do anything you put your mind to No ownership, it ain't worth the deal On my Percy Miller shit, I'ma persevere [Chorus: Smoke DZA] Black business Independently ran Black independence Uh [Verse 3: J. Ivy] We make bread, break bread This is black dollar power The black dollar hour I hate cowards saying, "Why y'all talking about getting cash?" I want the future to read about us living in the projects in they history class That's what I'm on Tryna get y'all to look past getting on to getting loans Let's own the bank I don't know about you but I want my great-great-great-greats to be straight [Verse 4: Smoke DZA] Uh, independent as fuck, I own me Publish shit, merchandise, show money If I don't kill my food I won't eat You see all my moves, that's all me Controlling my own destiny Knowing the value of my equity You gotta hold your turf They'll try to give you what they want, nigga, know your worth Uh, you'll get what you negotiate So sticking to your guns is the only way Successful free agent Couple homies fighting for they freedom while they caged in I ain't tryna be on land caged in Nah, I'ma need the whole enchilada, nigga God bless you Criticize, but you don't cut no checks, I don't respect you Really can't tell me shit, look at my credentials, uh [Chorus: Smoke DZA] Black business Independently ran Black independence Uh [Verse 5: Jay Ivy] Imagine a billion black billionaires Everybody happy, everybody living fair We ain't on world dominance, just refuse to be dominated We will be accommodated Everything comes around full circle You can't mess up the rotation, the laws of nature Tired of putting vacations on layaway and payment plans Fuck fly kicks, I'm tryna put my feet in the sand And have enough to pay for land and other land [Verse 6: Smoke DZA] I'm my own boss Touring like forty days and forty nights The tour bus turned into a arc Who else you know sell out shows in Denmark? No deal, no big co-signs from no stars Just bars, my G Sinatra shit, did it my way and did me I'm just tryna be a better me They Haitian like Toussaint, but they can never rob me for my legacy They Haitian like Toussaint, but they can never rob me for my legacy Positive energy Peace to my brother Dom Kennedy [Chorus: Smoke DZA] Black business Independently ran Black independence Uh