[verse 1]
The Truth written in black and white yet somehow u seein colors
An elaborate illusion made to make u hate yo brothers
Distracting u with nonsense blindly make u shoot yo bros
The easiest tactic to make u fight these stupid wars
It ain't only overseas, open that computer yo
Light skin dark skin n***a who u rooting for?
In the ends, it's all the same, all u n***as super poor
Think u have money u ain't knocking on no Jewish doors
Who are yo ancestors? U inherit j**els and gold?
Were u given billion dollar companies for u and yo
Next of kin, best of friends 'less ya skin has melanin ew
Cue they fall should be happy they took off the noose from yo
Neck and now u got a j**elry store around that, sound black but leave the real money to the suits in pure
White
Whoever got the money got the power if the power too dark we need a Coup d'état right?
Black ain't human boy want equal chance?
They do it's called white
They been raping and making a joke and a profit from us, dood let's all fight
Drag em on the pavement, face kick so they can feel the pain of a day in our jay kicks
We only good for entertainment it's really entertaining
But don't forget they cut make the the payments
Soon as u try to own something, grow something, do something, bunch of road blocks in ya way b**h
Save it, face it ...no way they lettin f**in negros take a piece of they savings
They Teach us self hatred think we ain't top Shakespeare taught in these cla**es b
Nas' street cla**ics beat any Greek tragedy
I don't buy that, say it's dope and there's hope an it's lilacs
But we know it's a joke we should fire back
Where the f**in riot at? Pride at, find that
The powers in our hands n***a now it's time to black out black out
[hook]
They can't see us it's a black out black out
They can't see a n***a black out
Said whites in keep them blacks out
If u my skin n***a back out
But we fightin till we pa** out, n***a black out
Ain't invited? Ima crash house
It's a white thing? But I'm black proud
Ain't the right skin? Lemme black out ima black out
Said whites in keep them blacks out
If u my skin n***a back out
But we fightin till we pa** out n***a black out
[verse 2]
Brap brap ratatat let's attack now
Remember all the smacks and the caps in our back ow
f**in Give us crack then they laughed turn they back round
Left in the background but we won't back down
Fronted so let's put em on they backs now Gats, bats, down we don't know how to act now
Walk in wit a gatty
Shoot the lights out at the Grammys
Wish a stars would fall you fancy
Muthaf**as it's a black out
No prejudice they love us all is what they tell us
So why it's Macklemore and not Kendrick that's on Ellen?
They only want the culture for the sellin
But They don't wanna be a**ociated with them n***as they the felons
Gotta find a way, they don't mind a n***a paid
S'long as he ain't really gettin paid
This really gotta change
We gotta own every single thing
The power's in our hands n***a now it's time to black out black out
[hook]
They can't see us it's a black out black out
They can't see a n***a black out black out
They can't see us it's a black out black out
They can't see a n***a black out black out
f** these corporations black out black out
f** the old and racist black out black out
f** the skulls and masons black out black out
They can't see us it's a black out
Said whites in keep them blacks out
If u my skin n***a back out
But we fightin till we pa** out, n***a black out
Ain't invited? Ima crash house
It's a white thing? But I'm black proud
Ain't the right skin? Lemme black out ima black out
Said whites in keep them blacks out
If u my skin n***a back out
But we fightin till we pa** out n***a black out
Said whites in keep them blacks out
If u my skin n***a back out
But we fightin till we pa** out n***a black out