Ashes

This a topic I didn't wanna touch

We're so used to being painted with a broad brush

There's a lot of anger boiling in this pot

Look I don't have the answers

But it's time we talked about us

There's a lost trust we can see it's tangible

I don't trust you and you don't trust me

So we keep it all casual

Maybe it's just easier to keep it moving

You do you and I'll do me It's all Gucci

We don't gotta cross paths or look at each other

No need to pay attention to your struggle

I'm busy getting mine so I pay you no mind

As long as I'm quiet I'll be doing just fine

I know it's taboo to rock the boat like this

But it's time to rip the scales out from our eye lids

In order to build a better future for our kids

We need to take an honest

Look at all of our shit

There's a ring around the have nots

They laugh while you dance like a mascot

Ashes Ashes

We all fall down

They consider you a Sasquatch

Don't worry thy pocket's full of cash crops

Ashes Ashes

We all fall down

Ignorance begets more ignorance

Respect has to go both ways

Why minimize a people

For an argument's sake?

How'd we learn to hate a person

By the shade of their face?

I'm shaking my head

This scarcity mindsets about to kill us all

Plus the goofy ones weaponize the word of God

Y'all wanna play oppression olympics

Fine But don't ever say you care for my village

Don't act like you care for my healing

I don't see the receipts

Your paper trail's like a cat on a leash

If you can't see a problem

I'll just hold my peace

Every auntie beat down on the cold concrete

Is a travesty no matter how you try to spin it

Some says it's not a big deal

It's only been this year

I understand they have to be extreme

To get a point across

Downplay our history to lift a burning cross

There's a ring around the have nots

They laugh while you dance like a mascot

Ashes Ashes

We all fall down

They consider you as Sasquatch

Don't worry thy pocket's full of cash crops

Ashes Ashes

We all fall down

Ashes Ashes Ashes

We all fall We all fall We all fall down

Ashes Ashes Ashes

We all fall We all fall We all fall down

Is it justice for all or just the optics?

Keep on opting for options

With guap in its pockets

But I can't seem to shake off

This strange little feeling

Our stories aren't appealing

Well who am I kidding?

Why'd I need their approval to tell me what I should do

The conditioning is baked in a lot to undo

Waiting for the powers that be to tell us how to think

Money grabbers use our struggles for their marketing schemes

I've been mocked at

So I talk back with a riddle

Don't you speak to me

Like all the other people you've belittled

I can finally breathe and take my space

Planted both of my feet

Now I'm proud of my place

But it's parasite

Playing out in real time

We're fortifying walls drawing real lines

I'm not choosing an agenda

These are real lives

I'm trying to reconcile and give a real try