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malcolm king (.mlclm) - azania lyrics

[verse 1]
she got nice brown eyes and brown skin
and a smile that just draws you in
a queen, only thing fit for a king
we was all born queens and kings
but not equal, they forgot about my people
overtime we became slaves to the mentalities
forced into certain thinking and formalities
relationships ending due to infidelity
this life is all i know, shout out midcity
we taking the gold back just to grill it
if i get the gold i’ll make my crown with it
jesus died with a crown of thorns
ain’t n-body breaking me with sticks and stones
we post to be different but a bunch of n-gg-s my clones
chasing lost american dreams so we keep running
we never stop like hennessey, even when we told to stop believing
my faith is intact now, i had almost stopped believing
was tired of living til i felt alive
can’t sleep gotta stay woke
put me on the mic’ and i’ll never choke
n-gg-s rapping like it’s stand up
can’t roll with us you look like you needa stand up
i can never treat an opp like a joke
cause i’m from a country where n-gg-s die daily
big or skinny, n-gg-s die daily
over petty sh-t and mommas cry daily
when i got robbed my momma cried
i saw a knife in my face n-gg- but,….
told her “don’t worry mom i’m aight”
after my first punch in the face my daddy taught me how to fight
ain’t beefing with n-body everybody just tryna survive
some need a million to see their dreams some need 5
grew up with both parents that’s a blessing
when i have my own kids i’ll keep the curses
i seen my uncle dead body in a hurse
sometimes people think it’s better being dead cause of money
africa need a lot of it, it ain’t even funny
it’s hard to maintain and depression ain’t taken seriously
why are we the ones always ignored?
i found “perfect” when i was heavily flawed
i know it ain’t easy to find someone to look past your flaws
overly critised but more dedicated
they gotta check if my flows rhyme
n-gg-s see things and keep quiet like mimes
if he saw his mom get beat at 8
how he gon know how to treat a woman right?
we need less cowards and more father figures
i think of the ones i got when i think of real n-gg-s
thank you, even though you weren’t perfect
but never did i go to bed without a meal
i know if anybody threatened me you’d k!ll
never did i come out the jungle without a k!ll
many people are the reason i’m here today
if this was 30 years ago i wouldn’t be writing this today
thanks to the colonizers i speak english
but i take pride in my heritage everytime i get a chance
i’m from down south, yall heard about us
proud to be a product of azania
don’t be fooled by the accent its who i am

[chorus]
i got bloodlines dating back to rhodesia
my momma’s daddy came from botswana
i’m from the cradle of humankind
i’ll never be ashamed to show em who i am
it’s just an accent, azania is who i am

[verse 2]
i know cross roads my forefathers knew rhodes
my predecessors died over diamonds
i got heroism running in these veins
when we claim what’s rightfully ours it’s terrorism they claim
god bless america and the queen
but when you do don’t forget africa
went from spears to foreign cars
we was raised by love now we’d rather do without it
personally i wanted to believe i’m good without it
but like a bird was made to fly we was made to love
when we try live without it ain’t no purpose of living
hit the ground before, it’s how i know how to get up
fallen in love before its how i learned pain and happiness
it’s how i met the love of my life
suicide only possible cause we forget how to fly
hadn’t let go of my pain cause i had forgotten how to cry
long live steelo and steve biko
i too wanna be remembered a hero
they came and took us from our birthright
they can take you out azania but never the azania out you
many of our forefathers chose to die than live in bondage
we was aight but they called it stone age
lord willing imma make it to donatello age
just to say i made it to stone age (versace)
we living backwards and learning to forget
the pain may go but the memories stay in storage
tried clearing it up but i broke the door-hinge
memories and remembering comes with pain
i still can’t remember to forget my pain
feeling this way makes me feel ungrateful
it’s soldiers like sisulu who went through the pain
i admit sometimes i feel weak
hadnt cried i years til last week
wish it was over another younging losing their lives or something deeper
but it was because i felt something loosening
told her hold on like our forefathers told our beloved azania
i know churches and benediction
my daddy got shot once that ain’t fiction
my uncle died cause he fought for what he believed in
lord i know you see her sins but forgive her
forgive our mother azania, your daughter
i know her sons would k!ll for a dollar
and many been bipolar
til death of me i’m tripolar with it
love can change the world but what do i know
found a girl i’d give it all up for
my great-great-granddaddy died for azania
i found something i’d die for
cause with nothing to die for you got nothing to live for
i was exposed to these harsh truths when i was only 4
thinking about all the bad you been through is hurtful
i’m from africa i can never live peaceful
she been through a lot since 1652
but ain’t she just so beautiful

[outro]
they took from her and sold back to her sons
they even took some of her sons
but she was strong enough not to cry
she can take the rain cause when it’s sunny she’s still hopeful
there’s a lot wrong, but she makes me hopeful
azania there’s hope for you
ain’t no place like hope

- malcolm king mlclm lyrics

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