Color Me

It's a fire in the hills, ashes on my soul
They gon' watch it burn, they gon' watch it burn slow
Color me, color me, color me, color me

Black out, it's a black out
Unchained and we back out
Feel like a savior to many
My people, my struggle, your soul feelin' empty
I been at it since a young nigga
This me ventin', I ain't done with it
Steal the culture then they run with it
Self-hatred made y'all complacent
Pay attention what you put your faith in
Dollar bills with no black faces
Just black suits and some court cases
Black fathers get thrown in cages
Go to war for an education
T.V. screens still manipulatin'
Because of color all I saw was hatred
I ain't mad I'm just frustrated

It's a fire in the hills, ashes on my soul
They gon' watch it burn, they gon' watch it burn slow
Color me, color me, color me, color me
It's a fire in the hills, ashes on my soul
They gon' watch it burn, they gon' watch it burn slow
Color me, color me, color me, color me

Lift your sisters and your brothers up
Spread love then we comin' up
First, let me talk about it all
Hung nooses then we cut 'em off
This whole world like a jigsaw
You don't even love yourself, brother
You don't even want to help brothers
What that say about you?
What it say about the system we livin' in?
The money he makin' is minimum
The government want to get rid of him
So they gonna paint him as criminal
These politicians be so cynical
I can read 'em through they interviews
Try to paint us evil through the news
Fuck CNN, fuck ABC, fuck Fox News, fuck 'em all
Truth be told they want to kill us off
Black man fallin' to the law
You'll never catch me with the devil dancin'

Past life I was Fred Hampton
Now I'm feelin' like I'm Huey Newton
If they try me, I'ma die shootin'
Black God in the wrong nation
Take a bullet for our liberation
Said I'm woke and that I'm too abrasive
Dolla' bills filled with fuckin' rapists
Power be the only thing you chasin'
My people only thing I'm savin'
Blowin' up, I'm illuminatin'
Eliminating anybody want it
The end is near, know our time's comin'

It's a fire in the hills, ashes on my soul
They gon' watch it burn, they gon' watch it burn slow
Color me, color me, color me, color me

Color me, color me, color me, color me
Color me, color me, color me, color me
Color me, color me, color me, color me