[Verse 1: Moor Mother]
Gather in a circle, my purpose
My collective work (yeah, here we go)
My responsibility to the Earth, to the hurt
I rework, self-determination, shootout my-
We will outlast, rise up from the past
Our future sway with that ass
Guess we Osiris in Cali now
We rise up, who gon' hold us down?
Black fist and golden crown, ancient sound
They can't hold us down
(Shek, shek, shek, shek, shek, shek, shek)
[Chorus: Moor Mother and lojii]
Shekere
They put the pain on me
They put the shamе on me
They werе afraid of me
[Verse 2: lojii]
Shake it off, all my pain
Open up my arms underneath the rain
Saying is it feels when the music playing
Drowning out my day, I let it wash away
Gotta stop trying to carry all the pain
One glass ni**a, nothing carry all the rain
Can't be afraid to drown when the flood come
Know this steady flow better than a lump sum
Piling up your plague on your bum-bum
Money stress, got too much dip on your chip, but yum-yum
Yeah, be my guest, do what you gotta do
Don't let it get stuck in your chest though
You gotta stretch
I shake it off, all my pain
Open up my arms underneath the rain
Saying is it feeling? Is the music playing?
Drowning out my day, I let it wash away
(Shek, shek, shek, shek, shek, shek, shek)
[Chorus 2: Moor Mother and lojii]
Shekere, shekere
Shekere, shekere
Shekere, shekere (shek, shek, shek, shek, shek)
(I have the pain on me
I have the shame on me
They put the blame on me)
Shekere, shekere
Shekere, shekere
(They sent the beast on me
They seem to hate on me
They ain't [?] for me
They ain't [?] for me
They sent the beast on me)
[Outro: Moor Mother]
Guess we Osiris in Cali now
Rise up, who gon' hold us down?