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Red Pill Lyrics by Jeff Smith

Fear of a Black Messiah

2019

(Intro)
They're tearing down the street
Where I grew up
Like pouring brandy
In a dixie cup

(Hook)
Ima say it loud, I’m black and I'm proud
I pump my fist when I'm pissed to show you what I’m bout
To all my woke folks tryna wake the streets
Can't save everyone, some gotta die in their sleep
Oh why oh why oh why did I take the pill
I was living one big illusion til I learned what's real


(VERSE 1)
Every king deserves a real queen on his team yay
But these niggas and bitches don't understand what it mean yay
Programmed to become a drug dealer or a fiend yay
If you're being raised in a nightmare daily, tell me how the fuck you posed to dream yay
Kidnapped from our continent, and separated from our tribe yay
And today black families known to divide yay
Living in a system where they pit a black queen against the black guy yay
And then they find the closest motherfucking jiggaboo to put on the panel to justify why we die yay
Used to wear chains while we got whipped on the ships when we were slaves yay
Now we die over chains and whips cuz mentally we're still enslaved yay
Marcus Garvey probably turning over in his grave yay
One nation under God, liberty and justice for the Triple K yay

(Hook)
Ima say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud
I pump my fist when I’m pissed to show you what I’m bout
To all my woke folks tryna wake the streets
Can't save everyone, some gotta die in their sleep
Oh why oh why oh why did I take the pill
I was living one big illusion til I learned what’s real

(VERSE 2)
Dope dealing is a hustle that we use in a form to get by yay
Throw our money on hoes in the club just so we could look fly yay
Don't invest in owning grocery stores or yet beauty supplies yay
We empower our oppressor til we lesser so we still getting high yay
Many of us are lost souls that are tryna find our way yay
This for the kids in the dark cuz mama spent the light bill on ye yay
Pastor said fill the plate up for God but he the nigga getting paid yay
Telling me if a nigga live and die through Hell, I'll get to Heaven one day yay
The illusion of inclusion ain't nothing but a slap in the face yay
See we losing cuz they’re using a system to put us back in our place yay
Systemic racism is the reason dirty cops won't catch a case yay
So when a cop get popped, I don't wanna hear Amazing Grace yay

(Hook)
Ima say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud
I pump my fist when I'm pissed to show you what I'm bout
To all my woke folks tryna wake the streets
Can't save everyone, some gotta die in their sleep
Oh why oh why oh why did I take the pill
I was living one big illusion til I learned what's real

(Outro: Chopped and Screwed)
Pass the pill, the red pill
Pass the pill like we used to say it
Pass the pill like we used to say it
Pass the pill like we used to say it
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