Open your ears and hear what I say
You say your listening
But continue to ask the question
The question that I already answered when I told you what was true
Open your ears and hear what I say
I’m not being mean
But rather expressing my pain
Expressing in a way that is unorthodox and requires you to listen
Open your ears and [...]
Cutting and snipping at the chains
The chains that hold me down
Because society won’t let me come around
But that’s ok cause I’m well grounded
I use my mind to achieve
My common sense you can’t take from me
Because together we
Built this world and that’s how it was founded
I may have been a slave
But due to me the cotton was [...]
