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wone - reparations national anthem lyrics

restitution
compensation
resolution that’s
reparations

retribution a
revelation for
revolution that’s
reparations

way before rodney caught the nightmare
and king had his dream
chronologically the year 1619 jamestown
became renowned breaking down
twenty from africa
america sucks more blood than dracula
two years after these africans sold as servants
dutch west cornered the market with slave service
like a 17th century microsoft and speaking of gates
virginia passed a hard bill to negate
and penalize any runaways with “eyes on the prize”
1654 tony jansen arrived a new york role model
successfully sued a white man for unlawful
bondage got paid in the process
a mystery that’s hidden like loch ness
1662 brought mo’ mess
on top of tears shed plus the blood we bleed
virginia had said the saw the need to cross+breed
then prohibit interracial marrying
1663 and we see mo’ disparaging
remarks, orders, amendments and rules
to enslave, oppress, hold hostage, abuse
you marry a slave then you a slave
from field to house upgrade still a slave
become baptized still a slave
carry a firearm, make noise, chill, try to bounce out
no doubt
you just dug your grave
restitution
compensation
resolution that’s
reparations

retribution a
revelation for
revolution that’s
reparations

for years no insurrection
no revolt couldn’t vote
whipcrackers lashin’ black backs
with nooses on throats
1668 virginia initiates
declaring us unequal in all colonial states
1669 north carolina defines
a law legalizing slave owners of any crimes
like k!lling their own workers
not held liable
if that’s not a gut jerker
put it on the bible
that’s “free murder”
as common as apple pie and hamburger
though many die
still you try
still we rise
can’t hurt us
every action there’s an equal and opposite one
and the struggle continues til that m+th+f+cka’s done
1831 came a preacher slash hustler
nathaniel turner had bumrushed to crush the
southampton county with a black man bounty
for all this inhumane arcane pain we reigned rowdy
returned the favor
making them pray to their savior
jerusalem became the place where
massas would meet their maker
then two days later 120 slaves dead
but not before nat turner’s rebellion led
brothers to not be scared and
stay prepared become a freedom fighter
like another hampton named fred
another one that took 60 while laying in the bed
“you can k!ll the revolutionary
but never the revolution” is what he said
restitution
compensation
resolution that’s
reparations

retribution a
revelation for
revolution that’s
reparations

a year later after nat blazed through
1832 alabama told you
whoever tried to teach grammar
or how to slam a nail with a hammer
or use a pencil on a pad or
cook well enough just to feed the fam
or even read the wicked willie lynch master plan
or any education shared with a black man
resulted in a fine of $500 d+mn ain’t that awful?
mississippi said it was unlawful
for any negro or mulatto to preach the gospel
1857 the year that scott was dred’n that decision
to not declare blacks as citizens
1863 emanc+p+tion was a joke and pacifier
plus honest abe was a liar
1865 a special order of happy meal with supersize fries
was swallowed and followed by number 15
billy tec sherman if the law was passed
woulda had tables turning kinda cool
used as a “get back on your feet” tool
every freed man was entitled to
forty acres and a mule
now if you calculated that in material currently
and you ask robert johnson who used to own b.e.t
he say it’s $14,000,000,000 in american currency
for you
for me
for he and
for she
restitution
compensation
resolution that’s
reparations

retribution a
revelation for
revolution that’s
reparations

come on
pay it out

- wone lyrics

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