
Black Parade
Beyonce
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[Verse 1]
B
I'm goin' back to the South
A/C#
I'm goin' back, back, back, back
B
Where my roots ain't watered down
A/C#
Growin', growin' like a Baobab tree
B A/C#
Of life on fertile ground, ancestors put me on game
B
N.C.
Ankh charm on gold chains, with my Oshun energy, oh
B A/C#
Drip all on me, woo, Ankh or the Dashiki print
B
N.C.
Hol' up, don't I smell like such a nag champa incense?
B A/C#
Yeah, pure ice (Ice), ice (Ice), buss down
B A/C#
Uh, flooded (Flooded), flooded (Flooded), on my wrist, out
B A/C#
Ooh, goin' up, goin' up, motherland, motherland drip on me
B A/C#
Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like
B A/C#
Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me
B A/C#
N.C. B
Ooh, yeah, I can't forget my history is her-story, yeah
A/C# B
Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad
A/C#
Yeah, they always mad, yeah
B A/C# B
Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad
N.C.
And they always have been
[Chorus]
B A/C#
Honey, come around my way, around my hive
B A/C#
Whenever momma says so, momma say
B A/C#
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
B A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
B A/C#
Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)
[Próxima Parte]
B A/C#
You hear them swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite
B A/C#
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
B A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[Verse 2 tabbed by bizzlex94]
B A/C#
Yeah, yeah, I'm for us, all black
B
All chrome (Yeah), black-owned (Yeah)
A
Black tints (Yeah), matte black (Yeah, yeah)
B
Roll by, my window down, let 'em see who in it
A/C#
Crack a big smile (Ding)
B
Go figure, me and Jigga, fifty 'leven children
A/C#
They like, "Chick, how?"
B A/C#
I charge my crystals in a full moon
B
You could send them missiles, I'ma send my goons
A/C#
Baby sister reppin' Yemaya (Yemaya)
B
Trust me, they gon' need an army (Ah)
A/C#
Rubber bullets bouncin' off me (Ah)
B
Made a picket sign off your picket fence (Ah)
A/C#
Take it as a warning (Ah, ah)
B
Waist beads from Yoruba (Woo)
A/C#
Four hunnid billi', Mansa Musa (Woo)
B
Straw line to the barbeque
A/C#
Put us any-damn-where, we gon' make it look cute
B
Pandemic fly on the runway, in my hazmat
A/C#
Judgin', runnin' through the house to my art, all black
B
Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat
A/C#
(Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat)
B
Hold my hands, we gon' pray together
A/C#
Lay down, face down in the gravel
B
Woo, wearin' all attire white to the funeral
A/C#
Black love, we gon' stay together
B
Curtis Mayfield on the speaker (Woo)
A/C#
Lil' Malcolm, Martin mixed with momma Tina (Woo)
B
Need another march, lemme call Tamika (Woo)
A/C#
Need peace and reparation for my people (Woo)
B A/C#
Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up (Shrivel up)
B A/C#
Fuck this fade and waves I'ma let it dread all up (Dread all up)
B A/C#
Put your fists up in the air, show black love (Show black love)
B
N.C.
Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
[Chorus]
[Próxima Parte]
[Refrão]
B A/C#
You hear them swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz)
B A/C#
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
B A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[Bridge]
B A/C#
We got rhythm (We got rhythm), we got pride (We got pride)
B A/C#
We birth kings (We birth kings), we birth tribes (We birth tribes)
B A/C#
Holy river (Holy river), holy tongue (Holy tongue)
B A/C#
Speak the glory (Speak the glory), feel the love (Feel the love)
B A/C#
Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
B A/C#
Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
B A/C#
I can't forget my history, it's her-story
B
N.C.
Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
[Chorus]
B A/C#
Honey, come around my way, around my hive (My)
B A/C#
Whenever momma says so, momma say (Hey, hey)
B A/C#
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high (High)
B A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade (Hey, hey, hey)
B A/C#
Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)
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