lecrae
dirty water
Hold up, hold up, hold up Ya'll gon get me bowed up When that beat hit it's like three kicks And your knees up to your nose, huh You knows us Unashamed, Uno Uno Seis, whoa Tatted on my skin, all up in your face, whoa If I ain't bout that live, then I ain't really livin But if you can't see my light then maybe I ain't in it Champagne, champagne, celebratin my campaign I just dug a well in West Africa But how many of my friends is African, huh? No habla español, just show me tu baño Ain't trynna get to know you, I'm too busy readin Daniel Most segregated time of day is Sunday service Now what you think that say about the God you worship? First of all, I know it ain't a song that's gon change the world There's no way It's not a guilt trip, it's a field trip that's gon last more than one day What you thought, huh? Faith ain't bout no soft stuff I heard you just went overseas, now come back home and boss up Buy a bottle for a fee, dirty water Bodies floatin' in the sea, dirty water Blood flowin' from the ground, dirty water, dirty water Buy a bottle for a fee, dirty water Bodies floatin' in the sea, dirty water Blood flowin' from the ground, dirty water Ain't no filters in this town, dirty water Worthless, worthless, 400 years we done heard that My family came here on slave ships Some herd cattle, some herd blacks Know some of ya'll done heard that My kin was treated less than men That's why we raised to hate each other, cause we hate our skin Lies you told about yourself that you don't realize I must be a thief, she locked the doors when I was walking by They must be whores cuz the master rapes them and leaves The child So dead beat daddy was taught to me way before my time Now we extreme, buying fancy things like gold chains Just pretty shackles, we still enslaved Put 'em round your neck, cuz we still hangin' Hood preacher told 'em they should live as kings You call him devil, he fightin for self esteem It's hard to dream when your water ain't clean Now look at Lucifer's scheme as how to be in a team Blood in the ocean to these African streams This dirty water ain't nothin we haven't seen