Slum Village Lyrics

This is where dreams redeem before nightmares

Regret sets the scene, I seen, I seen

Seen fiends die for dreams while they fight fears

Needles hit veins in vain we don't survive here

Buy time with sweat and blood and then we cry dry tears

Is hope alive here, will hope arrive here

I grip the plane pray that the skies clear

Jesus take the wheel but tell me who gon drive here

We gotta drive here, who gon Uber

I'm tryna take it deeper tell me who gon scuba

And Jacob fought with God came out with a jeweler

2 steppin' to the struggle

Something that your soul can groove ta

I seen kids go hungry

Food locked in cupboards

Why these kids so hungry

They ain't have no money

We just latch to something

Backs against walls and convos with God

I felt the ghost touch me

Pass by people while they beg for change

Drive by the hood while they beg for change

People who affected by they past

Certain things they can never get passed

So I listened to some trees that spoke

Out the cement, a cement rose

And then I seen the demons that tried to keep they soul

But the angels sing a song that'll free they soul

They sing

Na na na na na na

Naa na na na naa

Na na na na na na

Naa na na na naa

And we don't stop, reaching for the green

We don't stop, reaching for our dreams

Don't stop, cuz we kings, cuz we queens yeah

Mama said go 'head dream and be something

Mama said don't have to see to see something

Mama said before you leave, leave something

Mama's dead know my life had to mean something

I am a seed that was sown

Deep watch me grow through the weeds and the thorns

And I will not be stunted by the dark shade

Rain on, rain on, this is God's reign

I am not a victim

Break apart the system

Start tripping and watch your mind catch a sentence, whoa

Turn around we can see the burning village

Blame the little boy with the gun when we all did it

Narrative of a Black man tryna love the cops

And I can name a few Black men that wasn't shot

Run the block

Pull out they phone just to watch us kill ourselves

Tell us that we gotta heal ourselves

I'll look a racist in the face with love ain't a game

Was touched as a child and yeah I ain't ashamed

Don't complain when you tryna to be the part

Live with your heart open just so they can see the art

Ain't designer, you busted and dirty you still rock it

Know it's real when you don't have it but still got it

I gave you that ring for a reason

You're the only one I still believe in

I gave you that ring for a reason

You're the only one I still believe in

I gave you that ring for a reason

You're the only one I still believe in

Gods voice

Na na na na na na

Naa na na na naa

Na na na na na na

Naa na na na naa

Na na na na na na

Naa na na na naa