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halaj pharaoh-jali lialu - mainstream surfing lyrics

[intro]
lupe fiasco
homage
thank you god!
buried in the ocean along with his ancestors
who jumped from ships
lupe’s longchains revived him, reborn in oakland
to return for vengeance!

[verse one]
abandoned in stolen land and i can’t find myself
been searching my whole life and i ain’t got no help
i humbly bent down on black hands and black knees
i gripped the earth and dug up the dirt that would set me free
i came across cotton (what else?) i came across cane (what else?)
i came across tobacco, but my search was in vain
cause i couldn’t find the roots that could explain
where i come from or what is my name (who am i?)
i took an unending gaze into the heavens
and saw no white savior only dark clouds
crooked cops k!lled my pops back when i was seven
who will save me and my people now?
i guess i could sit here and wallow and weep
or be like frederick dougl-ss and pray with my feet
i don’t want no cash settlement so you can keep your silver
i just want bast to give me the privilege to be your k!ller

[hook]
baptized by the nappy
waves (baptized) revived from the tidal
graves (revived) white man dams black currents
never buried underground we mainstream surfing
yeah, yeah, we mainstream surfing
yeah, yeah, we mainstream surfing
the powers that be wanna stop the current
and keep us underground but we mainstream surfing

[verse two]
the army has been -ssembled one by one
this four-hundred-year oppression shall be undone
through the lashes the lynchings and police k!llings
me and my people have remained resilient
cause were african, african, yes, we are african
made it off the plantation and we ain’t going back again
african, african, yes, we are african
made it off the plantations and we ain’t going back my friends
so, we marching forward, me and my folks
bl–dy are our footsteps but we won’t lose hope
cause we know that we prowl in the image of bast
who will give us the strength to bear freedoms cross
we fight for we have a right to freedom or death
and like harriet tubman well have one or the other (man, tell ‘em who you is!)
i am not erik, i am not k!llmonger
i am the son of n’jobu, i am n’jadaka (whoo!)

[verse three]
before we walk into war, we must call on
our ancestors to receive their strength advice and
blessings as i’m buried for the ancestral plane
i hear my people who surround me call out the names
touissaint l’ouverture and nat turner
nanny of the maroons and truth, sojourner
el hajj malik el shabazz and boukman dutty
yaa asantewaa and luc-mi, carlotta

[bridge]
and they say, we must be slaves
if we want to partic-p-te (that’s what they say)
and so, they try to submerge us (yes they do)
but we will always resurface (we stay true)
yeah, they may try to submerge us (that’s what they do)
but the truth will always resurface
yeah, they may try to submerge us
but love will always resurface

[verse four]
awakened by the orange sunrise today
is the day we stand up to fight my
whole life i’ve prepared for this test the time
has come to give my people one final address
in the name of bast, liberty is ours
for our children we shall not be cowards
in the name of bast, freedom is ours
for our children, oppression is devoured
n’jadaka

- halaj pharaoh jali lialu lyrics

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