POWER IN TRADITIONS ft. HARRY SHARMA Lyrics

You do not even understand the significance of your skin color

You know, people always want to talk about oh it's not about race

Look man, really

Ooooohhhh Yeah

Talkin' power in tradition, so you gotta sit

My people bleedin' till this day, that ain't it

They took over my land and it still got me pissed

My people cryin' for help, yeah that's on the list

People dyin' everyday how you flexin' up your wrist

I be speakin' on the truth, so they might put out a hit

They try washin' all their sins

When they get rich, said they gon' help my people up

But they switched

Back home they working blood, sweat and tears, you want drip

Where I'm from, they still walkin' round, don't got a whip

Lotta trauma for my people when they hear the word whips

Talkin' down on my people, I'ma turn this to a blitz

Where I'm from, it's daylight, they hit licks

Where I'm from, it's daylight, they send hits

Where I'm from, they don't talk, they use sticks

But they gon' show you love, no matter how hard it gets

Woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I dropped back in back in back in 93

Tryna figure out my place in this life and what it means

I was raised privileged, but I kept my ear to the streets

Slumdog millionaire, the type of shit you see in the movies

Packed our bags, moved abroad, age 12, I'm overseas

I was tryna fit in so much, I was really losin' me

I was actin' gangster, livin' in denial, it was deep

I was callin' women bitches, thinkin' it was really me

If you understood who you were from the beginning

Oh man, it changes everything

I wanna share something that this, this girl told me once

It goes something like this

You don't know who you are and it really shows

You're gonna fail if you don't take control

God has a plan for you, follow the way

Life takes its time, you just gotta have faith yeah yeah

Runnin', runnin' through my past now

I was such a class clown, always entertainin' yeah

They were bullying me cause I was brown

Turned them all into my fans now

They screamin', they shoutin', they want Truelove now

To think at one time I didn't know who I was

I was losin' myself, I couldn't find my feet

Then Harry came through and he planted that seed

Runnin', runnin', runnin', I was runnin' away

I was runnin' from myself and my ways

Losin' my culture

Then I woke up and I asked who the fuck is William now

Always lookin' for, always searchin' for

My culture strong, can't let it go

Always want some more, always want some more

Can't let it go, no, no, no, no, no

When you understand just what that melanin

That brownness of your skin actually means

It's beautiful, it really is

And it's so important that we understand

Who exactly we are