Blood

歌詞

It is the thickest blood on this planet The feet, that slip and slide in spilled lakes of black blood On back roads marked with rusted dead end signs They don't fit into any shoes Not Nike's, and not Reebok's, though they Make em across the sea and sell em to you and me For fifty times their value *tch* none of them can hold the blood That coagulated not so long ago, in the lower extremities Of off-color corpses, strung up from trees Like, drying figs or, hanging poupourri, to Sweeten scenes of Southern gallantry Before cushioned insoles and arch supports There were feet that sank in rusted chains, and uhh Backs that cracked beneath the weight of slave names Like Jones, Smith, Johnson, Williams, or even Hilfiger And black butts that bore marks forever from irons That preceded those for pressing and curling naps Yanked straight, before relaxers weaves and pink lotion [British accent] Branding irons children, now that you've crossed the ocean right Step up here lit-tle nigger on the auction block and open up your mouth Right, good strong teeth, good muscle tone You oughta pick a ton of cotton, must be worth ten dollars maybe more See here ladies and gentlemen how much can I get for this here Barely used, top of the line... [American accent returns] Fast forward to Calvin Klein And modern ownership tags for black behinds, courtesy of Ralph Lauren A.K.A. low, low, well how low can you go? Call on black consumers if you want the cash flow Cause they quick to flip and spend up all they dough And don't front money, act like you know We give it up to the Brook-lyn malls We give it up to the Uptown malls Cause the white folks figure ain't no question for a nigga That material posessions can answer Keep us preoccupied from what we read or what we drive While our mothers are dying of cancer We tuck our low self esteem in Euro-trash jeans Some overpriced shit from Donna Karan As we toast with Hennesey to covert white supremacy Hiding the thickest blood on the planet We wearing it under our clothes, the way God dressed our souls But, check how the proud blood flow through 1996 Adding fuel to the flames of some bullshit brand names Cause we couldn't see past the next pair of fat kicks It is the thickest blood on this planet The blood that, sprays and spills in buckets Soaks and stains the nightly news, but fuck it A colored life still ain't worth but a few ducats That blood can't be contained by any mind that cannot see a Great black forest for all these cracker trees I'm talkin about Afro-Madonna, and child, and child And child, and child, and whoops, there goes another one And momma don't know the answer so baby gots to Guess Oh say young blood, you wanna tell me What George Marciano, ever did for a negro? Boricua, chicano Brothers and sisters their pockets like blood blisters Ready to pop, ooze, and drop cash so hot and so fast It makes a spark "Yeah mami cause now I got my upside down triangle My designer question mark" OH WHY ASK WHY that shit don't make you complete It's vanilla concealer for your chocolate heartbeat Pumping the, thickest blood on this planet While we take it for granted that, more Selma churches won't be bombed More bullet riddled bodies won't be embalmed Another cop won't, commit murder turn around and get a raise While we pickin over the racks from white owned Doctor J's To Modell's, Macy's, and Sach's Shit they just think we ain't never gon' change our ways And finally answer back: "No suh, Ise don't want to wear yo' britches No suh, Ise don't want to grant yo' wishes That all us negroes.." .. shall continue to hide, in your shoes And your clothes, as if we should take pride In your savage traditions, in genocide All the spirits you extinguished and never batted one blue eye Yet your vulture's on our culture like white on brown rice Bleach our blood and sell it back, special price On this blood that races through the African veins of the child On his way to the mall, in White Plains To catch a confused, lost, land-stealing Columbus Day sale On a Fila jogging suit, for his brother in jail That blood, is your blood, it's my blood, it's our blood It's the, thickest blood on this planet