grassroots Lyrics

Still treating the black folk

Like we living in El paso

In your pastures

And you the masters

It's hard to tolerate bro

Y'all Lactose

So we set a good example

On the sample

We dodged the lasso

Out in the Wild west

Through the bible belt

Up to the Parliament

Survive like Rambo

Y'all like ammo

We like camo

Lace up black boots

Bro we had to

We in the classroom

And we pass notes

Under the table

We got grassroots

We never get away

We never get vacation days

So we will not mitigate

We want the finer things

We need that money like the meter maid

In pursuit of happiness

We are due happiness

Came around just to check

Did for you to cut the check

Need to cut the check

I gotta be intentional

Gotta get that money every decimal

I gotta be exceptional

Can't separate me from my dreams like a sectional

Gotta keep it clean and be professional

Gotta smoke my vegetables

Gotta be ready be accessible

I gotta tell the truth and be ethical

Gotta take doses of that shit like it's medical

Never liked that 9-5 that don't keep me flexible

A lot is on my mind, but you can't read it, it ain't legible

Maybe I should say it out loud like a confessional

Careful who you share your joy with, be more skeptical

Some of them gonna break your heart, yeah they far from credible

I just wanna dance on the beach with a pretty face

I just wanna connect, need that interface

And she got that juice like it's minute maid

Even though I been afraid, not insecure but a feeling like it's Isa Rae

In pursuit of happiness

We are due happiness

Came around just to check

Did for you to cut the check

Need to cut the check