Roc Marciano - Slaves lyrics

[Intro] “To the question of being asked to be a part of the agenda, the Black Agenda that we haven't been asked, we should not be waiting to be asked. We should not be waiting to be asked…It is not what white people think about us, it's not what about white people do to us, it's what we think about ourselves and what we do to ourselves. That is the key and that is what we have to deal with.” [Hook: Quelle Chris and Roc Marciano] x2 We talk about it, we be about it We don't bullsh**, we don't beat around it We are what we are, brave They are what they want y'all to be, slaves [Verse 1: Roc Marciano] Whips and chains, Rick James frames We rip the stage, ships hit waves Used to flip cane, shoot clips, aim Elusive, if the shoe fits, get strings Beef on occasion, we bought it, we ate it You would have swore I told the waiter we ordered the angus Three-quarter gators, war hall-of-famers aim flamers Purple label blazers on hangers Suede layers, day players deaf to naysayers Put haters on ice like skaters I'm persuasive, three hoes pimp No wingmen, Gucci bu*ton-down, clean wingtips Olive green Six I leave bent, reinvent Your shine is properly eclipsed Weese clique, keys get whipped like cheese grits Throw them on you like some Al Green sh** [Hook] x2 [Verse 2: Quelle Chris] We at the top, the rest are at the bottom The monkeys stay in the middle, throwing sh** around You're trying to give me pound through the exhibit gla** Eating zookeeper's trash, not at all I'm twice evolved, understand the circle of life To lion kings, the jungle is like a buffet Hawaiian themed, that means the pigs roast Communion style, even the kids toast Fine wine, until the heavens greet us Advanced raps, you had to drop the cla** Cause making intern money while we was stacking math Made you feel funny, your mack isn't cohesive We running a defense, you stunt in the bleachers Where the Wild Things Are, we like Max and the creatures You try to reach us, the high horse is facetious But once you make some dope sh**, I'll be happy to meet you [Hook] x2 [Outro] “What we have to understand is that we aren't talking about ancient history. You know, we have slave narratives that were written in 1933, people who lived in slavery. So this whole idea that we're talking about ancient history, we're talking about a few generations ago. And these traditions, this inferiority that was drummed into us through the media, through propaganda… It gets pa**ed down. And you have this illusion of progress, you know, or even a delusion of progress, that just doesn't take away the fact that after all of the efforts that have been made, we are still, as a people, at the top of just about every bad list…”