“Let me be”
Written by Hempza
Published by Ass Bee Msc. / Native Hut Msc.
Let me be!
Let my Melanin being be
Let my soul & heart be, before it bleeds
Let me keep at these greens
Keep your rules away from my skills
Let my mind be at ease
For ideas pop like Mohammed
But some thought I was going mad
Coz’ I locked this black ship skin on my head
They better stop the act, and face the fact
We need to take a stand
This here Africa is thee promised land
Then – all this hate & oppression can end
So one night, our Blaq can see the light
Our beautiful brown skin, will shine out bright
I’m with thee elements of surprise
Definitely on the rise
Better analize and realize
We are that unremovable silhouette in your eyes
Becoming our own tutors
In a life designed for us with no future…
Let me be!
Better yet, I just have to be
Coz’ to me it comes as a surprise
As I analize & continuosly realize
How this situation is now more like lies
While some of us think this system is just nice
They be caught up in their material reciprocity
Can’t even return to our ways of generosity
We truly feel the need for humanity, not insanity
Coz’ Western man would say, it’s a formality
When we suffer from all the Police brutality
Placing our souls, where they don’t want to be
Always taken to jail, so much the bail would fail
Trying to drive most us insane
Pressuring ghetto youth with all this pain
Have to be brave, or we’ll be taken to the grave
I feel some people need to be re-educated
So their hate can be eliminated
Help them to open their mind pores
Recognize! That we are all here for serious chores
Not to create these wars
Bakwethu it is all wrong…
Let me be!
Let my Melanin being be
Let my soul & heart be, before it bleeds
Let me keep at these greens
Keep your rules away from my skills
Let my mind be at ease
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