I come from shackles and chains
Ride in the car with my thing
Riding around with my gang
You made me this way you made me this way
All of my women the same
Now Im buying shackles and chains
Riding around with my thing
You made me this way you made me this way
You work me you whip me you whip me you work me now you say I'm lazy
You k**ed all my brothers you raped all my mothers and took all our babies
And when we keep asking for reparations you just tell us forget it
But you made that profit you still making profit cuz you built them prisons
Plus you got a system you ain't got to listen
But how far you think my people fall before they listen
Look at what you give em
Look at what they made of it
Whole bunch of early inventions its like they came from it
This ain't even half of the song Mr. Columbus was just tagging along
We even tagged along with him
Cuz to think he said he had the Lord with him
All he gave us was genocide
My black skin oh you gone be terrified
I come from shackles and chains
Ride in the car with my thing
Riding around with my gang
You made me this way you made me this way
All of my women the same
Now Im buying shackles and chains
Riding around with my thing
You made me this way you made me this way
I came through shackles and chains
Took me from land of the kings
I do not know my real name
I came to work in the fields and the plains
You came with weapons you came on my land
All of the things that you claim
This is your game
You came and messed up my brain
Its more to my people than shackles and chains
You ain't seeing nothing but a new dream nothing but a true dream
We gone get it all
You ain't seeing nothing but a true scene nothing but a new scene we gone get it all
You ain't seeing nothing but a new dream nothing but a true dream
We gone get it all
You ain't seeing nothing but a true scene nothing but a new scene we gone get it all
I come from shackles and chains
Ride in the car with my thing
Riding around with my gang
You made me this way you made me this way
All of my women the same
Now Im buying shackles and chains
Riding around with my thing
You made me this way you made me this way
You Work me you whip me you whip me you work me and tell me Im lazy
You k**ed all my brothers you raped all my mothers and you take our babies
And when we keep asking for reparations you tell us forget it
But you made that profit you still making profit cuz you building prisons
You building prisons you still making profit cuz you building prisons
You building prisons still making profit cuz you building prisons
Tell me you different still making profit cuz you building prisons
We ain't gone follow the system this a new mission we gone be part of the vision