Beyoncé - BLACK PARADE (Explicit)
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[00:00.00]BLACK PARADE (Explicit) - Beyoncé
[00:01.21]Lyrics by:Beyoncé/S. Carter/Denisia ""@blu_june" Andrews for @NOVAWAV/Brittany "@chi_coney" Coney for @NOVAWAV/Kim "Kaydence" Krysiuk/Rickie "Caso" Tice/Akil "Fresh" King/Derek James Dixie
[00:02.43]Composed by:Beyoncé/S. Carter/Denisia ""@blu_june" Andrews for @NOVAWAV/Brittany "@chi_coney" Coney for @NOVAWAV/Kim "Kaydence" Krysiuk/Rickie "Caso" Tice/Akil "Fresh" King/Derek James Dixie
[00:03.65]Ah
[00:07.53]I'm goin' back to the South
[00:09.50]I'm goin' back back back back
[00:11.48]Where my roots ain't watered down
[00:13.61]Growin' growin' like a Baobab tree
[00:15.47]Of life on fertile ground ancestors put me on game
[00:19.55]Ankh charm on gold chains with my Oshun energy oh
[00:23.98]Drip all on me woo Ankh or the Dashiki print
[00:27.96]Hol' up don't I smell like such a nag champa incense
[00:32.13]Yeah pure ice
[00:33.51]Ice
[00:34.07]Ice
[00:34.53]Ice
[00:35.06]Buss down
[00:36.03]Uh flooded
[00:37.06]Flooded
[00:37.51]Flooded
[00:37.97]Flooded
[00:38.54]On my wrist out
[00:39.98]Ooh goin' up goin' up motherland motherland drip on me
[00:44.05]Ooh melanin melanin my drip is skin deep like
[00:48.07]Ooh motherland motherland motherland motherland drip on me
[00:51.99]Ooh yeah I can't forget my history is her-story yeah
[00:56.59]Being black maybe that's the reason why
[00:59.80]They always mad yeah they always mad yeah
[01:04.52]Been past 'em I know that's the reason why
[01:07.79]They all big mad and they always have been
[01:11.65]Honey come around my way around my hive
[01:14.70]Whenever momma says so momma say
[01:19.45]Here I come on my throne sittin' high
[01:23.09]Follow my parade oh my parade
[01:27.54]Talkin' slick to my folk
[01:29.10]My folk
[01:29.55]Lift that lip like lipo
[01:31.00]Lipo
[01:31.25]You hear them swarmin' right Bees is known to bite
[01:35.32]Now here we come on our thrones sittin' high
[01:39.03]Follow my parade oh my parade
[01:43.64]Yeah yeah I'm for us all black
[01:47.53]All chrome
[01:48.19]Yeah
[01:48.56]Black-owned
[01:49.30]Yeah
[01:49.58]Black tints
[01:50.50]Yeah
[01:50.55]Matte black
[01:51.08]Yeah yeah
[01:51.74]Roll by my window down let 'em see who in it
[01:53.86]Crack a big smile
[01:55.02]Ding
[01:55.49]Go figure me and Jigga fifty 'leven children
[01:57.79]They like "Chick how"
[01:59.35]I charge my crystals in a full moon
[02:02.26]You could send them missiles I'ma send my goons
[02:06.25]Baby sister reppin' Yemaya
[02:07.59]Yemaya
[02:07.93]Trust me they gon' need an army
[02:09.84]Ah
[02:09.96]Rubber bullets bouncin' off me
[02:11.76]Ah
[02:11.99]Made a picket sign off your picket fence
[02:13.88]Ah
[02:14.09]Take it as a warning
[02:15.36]Ah ah
[02:15.70]Waist beads from Yoruba
[02:17.27]Woo
[02:17.45]Four hunnid billi' Mansa Musa
[02:19.18]Woo
[02:19.46]Stroll line to the barbeque
[02:21.30]Put us any-d**n-where we gon' make it look cute
[02:23.49]Pandemic fly on the runway in my hazmat
[02:25.79]Judgin' runnin' through the house to my art all black
[02:27.77]Ancestors on the wall let the ghosts chit-chat
[02:29.75]Ancestors on the wall let the ghosts chit-chat
[02:31.61]Hold my hands we gon' pray together
[02:33.67]Lay down face down in the gravel
[02:35.47]Woo wearin' all attire white to the funeral
[02:37.51]Black love we gon' stay together
[02:39.48]Curtis Mayfield on the speaker
[02:41.07]Woo
[02:41.27]Lil' Malcolm Martin mixed with momma Tina
[02:43.09]Woo
[02:43.30]Need another March lemme call Tamika
[02:45.10]Woo
[02:45.22]Need peace and reparation for my people
[02:47.04]Woo
[02:47.52]F**k these laid edges I'ma let it shrivel up
[02:50.49]Shrivel up
[02:51.58]F**k this fade and waves I'ma let it dread all up
[02:54.58]Dread all up
[02:55.45]Put your fists up in the air show black love
[02:58.61]Show black love
[03:00.08]Motherland drip on me motherland motherland drip on me
[03:03.56]Honey come around my way around my hive
[03:07.27]Whenever momma says so momma say
[03:11.46]Here I come on my throne sittin' high
[03:15.05]Follow my parade oh my parade
[03:19.67]Talkin' slick to my folk
[03:21.03]My folk
[03:21.51]Lift that lip like lipo
[03:23.07]Lipo
[03:23.52]Hear 'em swarmin' right
[03:25.07]Zz
[03:25.56]Bees is known to bite
[03:26.80]Zz zz
[03:27.38]Now here we come on our thrones sittin' high
[03:31.11]Follow my parade oh my parade
[03:35.52]We got rhythm
[03:36.51]We got rhythm
[03:37.50]We got pride
[03:38.47]We got pride
[03:39.49]We birth kings
[03:40.45]We birth kings
[03:41.50]We birth tribes
[03:42.51]We birth tribes
[03:43.48]Holy river
[03:44.58]Holy river
[03:45.61]Holy tongue
[03:46.51]Holy tongue
[03:47.52]Speak the glory
[03:48.57]Speak the glory
[03:49.57]Feel the love
[03:50.54]Feel the love
[03:51.07]Motherland motherland drip on me hey hey hey
[03:55.18]Motherland motherland drip on me hey hey hey
[03:59.01]I can't forget my history it's her-story
[04:04.04]Motherland drip on me motherland motherland drip on me
[04:07.50]Honey come around my way around my hive
[04:10.71]My
[04:10.79]Whenever momma says so
[04:13.11]Hey
[04:13.52]Momma say
[04:14.51]Hey hey
[04:15.55]Here I come on my throne sittin' high
[04:18.61]High
[04:19.18]Follow my parade oh my parade
[04:22.67]Hey hey hey
[04:23.54]Talkin' slick to my folk
[04:25.04]My folk
[04:25.53]Lift that lip like lipo
[04:26.95]Lipo
[04:27.53]Hear 'em swarmin' right
[04:29.08]Zz
[04:29.56]Bees is known to bite
[04:30.85]Zz zz
[04:31.39]Now here we come on our thrones sittin' high
[04:35.13]Follow my parade oh black parade