Griotz – The Baobab Tree Lyrics

Look in the eyes of the pharaoh
Sphinx with the nose
See the sparrow
Blood on the tree
From my people
Reaching for the green
Cut from the many branches
Some generically made
Was poisoned and turned into slaves
But slavery is just a mindset
That Willie got us good
Pause the moment
Cuz ain’t nothing
Good about this shit
They tryna rewind America
Back to when 3/5ths
Was equal to a whole
It’s hysterical how hysteria unfolds
When a women puts down clothes
And his story becomes hers
And we splurge
At any given Moment
Throw our money up
But never own it
Shoutouts to Oprah cuz
She really owns it
Mama aim for that net worth
Get on that network
Screw how ya neck work
See how that check work
When you build up ya brand
You just gotta do it
It’s a war out here and
They think we stupid
But I’ve solved the Rubik's cube They’ve tried to trap us in
Passionate mastering
Passed down
From the ancestors
If there is no struggle
There is no progress
So after 4 yrs
Hopefully they change the process But as of right now
I got something to say
At the Baobab Tree
Meet me at the Baobab Tree
At the Baobab Tree
At the Baobab Tree
Its Where we see
My people came from the hardest Part of the hardship
Excrement dropped
On top of each other
While babies were
Stolen from their mothers
Brothas and Sistas sentenced
To life without parol
The devil has no soul
And the penal system is
The new form of slavery
I'ma act like an animal
If you caging me
Not paying me and
Not teaching me how
To make economic growth
Rather economic gain cuz
We ain’t get shit
Y’all screaming peace, but we
Ain’t get a piece
While rich Caucasians feast
On the caucus
With markets that market
Us as buffoons
Word to Oshun, ya’ll niggas be
Cooning
Arguing on twitter
Like it’s fight night
Fighting over a woman
Like she’s a spice
Or a material you own
Be masculine without acting a fool
Be insecure of your insecurities
Because ya’ll
Really cuz ya
Really be looking stupid
And that’s just my two cents
Don’t get money and lose sense
It ain’t funny
How ya noose blends
Ya’ll can’t feel the suffocation
Ima heal the nation, through Information
Cuz misdirection is 12/24ths
Of the law
But I got you at
The Baobab Tree
Yea, at the Baobab Tree
At the Baobab Tree
The Baobab Tree
Surely goodness follows me
Everyday of my life
Imagine your image
Stay away from that knife
Cuz the pen is mightier
They're scared of the sight of ya
So they try to decipher ya
But hold on to ya light, keep it close
Cuz no one can
Kill your potential
Cultivate your skills
Heaven sent you
Take hold of ya senses
Censor their censorship
Cuz their senselessness
Can’t stop us
Cuz we are the image of
God himself
You just gotta listen at
The Baobab Tree
At the Baobab Tree
Yea Meet Me at the Baobab Tree
The Baobab Tree
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