Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah Stevie Wonder plays harmonica and the drums Quiet as church meece, we ate the crumbs They's gettin paid for playin dumb We gettin sprayed for bein young Bein black, bein packed while not bein strapped Bein capped, no snap-back Now Smurder dances, like tribal actions Millions marchin cross the globe We in love wit coco, Pyrex odes College dropout, hit the stove Dear Angelou, D'Angelo a caged bird sings The Black Messiah, Still I rise, and when I rise I'mah Try Me some Dej Loaf Iggy Iggy co-opt the culture
But T.I.'s are the real vultures Yall ain't hearin, need a Q-tip And a Solange beatin No elevator, I'll take the stairs No balloons, it ain't the weekend Lost voices they found voices ain't never scared I said they found voices ain't never scared I love myself gettin healthy eating pears Its a cole word so I stopped drugin hoes n drugin b**hes Can't stop saying b**hes but you don't care Hung up on n***as sayin n***as Merica still hangin n***as Black on black crime figures It's all in yah mind n***a