Diaspora (with Alana & Eshon Burgundy) Lyrics

Diaspora (with Alana & Eshon Burgundy) - Dru Bex

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Verse 1: Dru Bex

Dad Jamaican, mom was from Trinidad and Tobago

Met in Canada, that's where I was placed in the cradle

Great white north, but my skin is black like a stallion

Back then, was rallyin' my 'migos like I was Quavo

Was lookin' for trouble, actin' indecent 'cause I was able

But God came through with the covenant, like a rainbow

Now I find my identity in His Son, Yeshua

But I'm still black, so I'm stuck with a stack of labels

Yeah, I'm chuckin' it back to Africa

Back before the colonizers sucked it dry like Dracula

Black boy joy? We had black king stature, uh

Black girl magic? Black queens so spectacular

Took us from our land, now spread out across the map, it's what?

Brazil, U.S.A., The Caribbean, even Canada?

Place to place the faces change, so does the vernacular

But when we see each other, just nod, "We Diaspora"

Chorus: Alana

What's good? I'm here, you here

We are the Diaspora

My hood, your mansion

Rich or poor, we Diaspora

Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Say, "Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah"

Woo (Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Verse 2: Eshon Burgundy

Yeah, I'm from the land

The continent, the birthplace of the Son of man

Now I'm in the west, where they distributed my fam

A hundred-million Hebrews on a boat, taken straight off the coast

Close, but couldn't shake off the Ghost

Tried to erase our serial, but couldn't scrape off the toast

Uh, some went overboard and tried to float, hopin' Abba

The Heavenly Father would throw down a rope, nope

Prophecy gotta go exactly how it's wrote

Scattered around the globe with a chain around our throat

Ooh, I be drunk off scripture and Garvey quotes

It's two fingers to the sin in my heart, oh adios

See the gospel, though? I love the Good News

Letters from apostles always put me in a good mood

Spirit of the Son of man in me, that's a good tool

Runnin' into me, the enemy gon' be a footstool, salute

Chorus: Alana

What's good? I'm here, you here

We are the Diaspora

My hood, your mansion

Rich or poor, we Diaspora

Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Say, "Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah"

Woo (Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Verse 3: Dru Bex

Yeah, one time for the memory of Chadwick

Let the beat drop out, now bring it back quick!

He gave hope to the inner city black kids

Showed them a crown, said, "You can really have this"

From Toronto to the Philly pad whence

Bombay came, we ain't ever really had bliss

They tailored a lie for us, that's a fitted cap, but

We trade it for a crown 'cause we're done with livin' average

Chorus: Alana

What's good? I'm here, you here

We are the Diaspora

My hood, your mansion

Rich or poor, we Diaspora

Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Say, "Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah"

Woo (Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

What's good? I'm here, you here

We are the Diaspora

My hood, your mansion

Rich or poor, we Diaspora

Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Say, "Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah"

Woo (Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah)