LYRICS:
Terrified, I’m terrified
Of discrimination’s gravity and starin’ eyes
Terrified, I’m terrified
All I have is words, so I’ll share this rhyme
Got a knife in my chest and I can’t rest
Each day bring a new test,
strong bird flew away from my nest
With the whole thing never shoulda messed,
‘Cause now my heart stressed
What it take a man or woman to discriminate,
Why the rich always find a way to build a gate
Soul suffer deep nothin can mitigate,
Oppression crush dreams into bitter hate.
Follow follow me, trifling anxieties
Look around got a sea of people eyein’ me,
Take a jump and a leap to a higher tree,
Call to God, yeah he see me in the highest seat,
They look at me ‘cause I’m different, me ‘cause I’m listenin’
Me ‘cause my wishes are glistening,
Loose the chains, gather rain so it satisfies,
Still no hope, bottom rung of the ladder I’m ...
So scared what these monsters do to me,
Let em creep lack of sleep gettin’ through to me,
Find the nerve to speak up for my crew to see
Ain’t alone, through the storm I walk dutifully.
Got a mission that I’m wishin to accomplish,
If I shrink back, now I’m the accomplice.
Waterfall rain on my heart, rain on my heart,
stains on my heart - lies of the pompous.
Whole world playin its part, paintin like art
With a brush to intensify this pain on my heart.
Stay rattled, stay in the battle, am I cattle
Help me Lord play the game like I’m smart.
Need a vision, need decisions
Burnin’ up like I’m in the kitchen,
Ain’t no surgeon good enough to be stitchin,
This heart better treasure than riches.
Terrified, I’m terrified
Of discrimination’s gravity and starin’ eyes
Terrified, I’m terrified
All I have is words, so I’ll share this rhyme
Breakthrough people talkin’ ‘bout breakthrough,
But what happens when the battle lines shake you,
They always said it’s the struggle that makes you,
But how far can it take you, take you.
Like a leaf they can rake you, mistake you,
For another dead body and cremate you,
Never die, no, struggle never die,
Freedom calls, look a brother in the eye.
Not gonna quit, not gonna sit, not gonna be tight-lipped,
Keep swingin’ til they loosen their grip.
From the cup of life I’m gonna sip,
Stream of hope asking me to take a dip.
Viscerally I’m slayin these giants
poetically precise like science.
Run away, no, never run away, face it.
That’s the only hope, be the one that’s chasin.
There’s a light around the corner, I can see it now,
Even in the moment when the screams be too loud.
In the dark of the night someone feel proud,
Makin’ way where you once weren’t allowed.
Bend that bow, bend it toward justice,
Like the bright north star, you can trust this.
There’s a thread, there’s a string that’ll lead you.
To a feast of freedom that’ll feed you.
Terrified, I’m terrified
Of discrimination’s gravity and starin’ eyes
Terrified, I’m terrified
All I have is words, so I’ll share this rhyme
Time sweeps on by
I know you thought you’d find me there, but I’ve been gone
toward that light
I know that I was on the ground, but I’ve been strong