The Blacker The Berry
[Intro: Kendrick Lamar & Lalah Hathaway]Everything black, I don't want black (They want us to bow)I want everything black, I ain't need black (Down to our knees)Some white, some black, I ain't mean black (And pray to a God)I want everything black (That we don't believe)Everything black, want all things blackI don't need black, want everything blackDon't need black, our eyes ain't blackI own black, own everything black
[Bridge]Six in the morn', fire in the streetBurn, baby, burn, that's all I wanna seeAnd sometimes I get off watchin' you die in vainIt's such a shame they may call me crazyThey may say I suffer from schizophrenia or somethin'But homie, you made meBlack don't crack, my nigga
[Verse 1]I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I meanBeen feeling this way since I was 16, came to my sensesYou never liked us anyway, fuck your friendship, I meant itI'm African-American, I'm AfricanI'm black as the moon, heritage of a small villagePardon my residenceCame from the bottom of mankindMy hair is nappy, my dick is big, my nose is round and wideYou hate me don't you?You hate my people, your plan is to terminate my cultureYou're fuckin' evil I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkeyYou vandalize my perception but can't take style from meAnd this is more than confessionI mean I might press the button just so you know my discretionI'm guardin' my feelings, I know that you feel itYou sabotage my community, makin' a killin'You made me a killer, emancipation of a real nigga
[Pre-Hook]The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juiceThe blacker the berry, the sweeter the juiceThe blacker the berry, the sweeter the juiceThe blacker the berry, the bigger I shoot
[Hook: Assassin]I said they treat me like a slave, cah' me blackWoi, we feel a whole heap of pain, cah' we blackAnd man a say they put me inna chains, cah' we blackImagine now, big gold chains full of rocksHow you no see the whip, left scars pon' me backBut now we have a big whip parked pon' the blockAll them say we doomed from the start, cah' we blackRemember this, every race start from the block, just remember that
[Verse 2]I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I meanI mean, it's evident that I'm irrelevant to societyThat's what you're telling me, penitentiary would only hire meCurse me till I'm deadChurch me with your fake prophesizing that I'mma be just another slave in my headInstitutionalized manipulation and liesReciprocation of freedom only live in your eyesYou hate me don't you?I know you hate me just as much as you hate yourselfJealous of my wisdom and cards I dealtWatchin' me as I pull up, fill up my tank, then peel outMuscle cars like pull ups, show you what these big wheels 'bout, ahBlack and successful, this black man meant to be specialCAT scans on my radar, bitch, how can I help you?How can I tell you I'm making a killin'?You made me a killer, emancipation of a real nigga
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[Verse 3]I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015When I finish this if you listenin' then sure you will agreeThis plot is bigger than me, it's generational hatredIt's genocism, it's grimy, little justificationI'm African-American, I'm AfricanI'm black as the heart of a fuckin' AryanI'm black as the name of Tyrone and DariusExcuse my French but fuck you — no, fuck y'allThat's as blunt as it gets, I know you hate me, don't you?You hate my people, I can tell cause it's threats when I see youI can tell cause your ways deceitfulKnow I can tell because you're in love with that Desert EagleThinkin' maliciously, he get a chain then you gone bleed himIt's funny how Zulu and Xhosa might go to warTwo tribal armies that want to build and destroyRemind me of these Compton Crip gangs that live next doorBeefin' with Pirus, only death settle the scoreSo don't matter how much I say I like to preach with the PanthersOr tell Georgia State "Marcus Garvey got all the answers"Or try to celebrate February like it's my B-DayOr eat watermelon, chicken, and Kool-Aid on weekdaysOr jump high enough to get Michael Jordan endorsementsOr watch BET cause urban support is importantSo why did I weep when Trayvon Martin was in the street?When gang banging make me kill a nigga blacker than me?Hypocrite!
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