[00:01.873] We are the mothers of civilization
[00:05.608] We carry the entire nation on our backs
[00:08.779] Our wounds have birthed America's greatest accomplishments
[00:13.835] But be clear, our wrath will bring her to her knees
[00:18.103] I am a black woman, and the black woman is queen
[00:22.370] Wind is high and stormy tonight
[00:27.166] We can feel its magical light
[00:32.400] As the sea comes speaking to me
[00:37.416] Siren voices drift out of key
[00:42.313] Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain
[00:48.366] As we feel its magical light
[00:53.331] Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain
[00:58.351] As we feel its magical light
[01:03.611] Yeah, sittin' on the cement, readin' out the full agreement
[01:07.938] Don't take shit personally, nigga, just see reflections of they own demons
[01:10.749] Own buildings, don't need a loan neither (Nah)
[01:13.069] Tryna measure my contributions, homie, you gon' need a long meter
[01:16.202] My lyrics on a song with a strong beat
[01:18.460] Give you my past just to tell a nigga his future like a palm reader (Damn)
[01:21.403] Under palm trees blowin' weed with my feet up
[01:24.192] Ain't never worried 'bout when nigga even mess a feat up
[01:26.742] You shouldn't ever assume, knowledge is king so
[01:29.173] Ask 'bout what you wanna know and say what you mean bro
[01:31.777] Met with Farrakhan and asked him, "How in the hell
[01:34.572] Do you love niggas more than they hate they self?"
[01:36.485] When you can make it anywhere, but you did make it there
[01:39.092] Stay in the same hood that kill you 'fore you get to really take it there
[01:41.612] Know God perfect, they don't make it fair
[01:44.690] I'm meditatin' to keep from gettin' stuck in my way 'cause it ain't safe in there
[01:47.638] (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain)
[01:50.447] Keep from gettin' stuck in my way 'cause it ain't safe
[01:52.533] (We can feel its magical light)
[01:55.239] After a darker night come a brighter day, ayy
[01:58.000] (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain)
[02:00.594] Be cautious of shit that you get easy, right away, ayy
[02:02.681] (We can feel its magical light)
[02:05.042] They say after a darker night come a brighter day
[02:07.616] Yeah, nowadays I'm tryna stay up out the gossip column (I am)
[02:09.522] Ignore opinions of people who can't even think to solve small problems (Stupid)
[02:12.882] So what the **** I look like yellin' loud?
[02:14.887] Havin' a power struggle with mother****ers who ain't even got no ****in' power
[02:17.979] It be, the same ones tryna empower
[02:20.495] That'll kill you either way 'til you're dead before they give flowers (Damn)
[02:23.556] I'd rather die today before I live in fear (Yeah)
[02:26.627] And that go for any nigga on this hemisphere (Uh)
[02:28.913] Young nigga in it, already winnin', huh? (Forreal?)
[02:31.718] I be over here when you're twenty minutes up, yeah
[02:34.317] How you gon' make it there burnin' bridges up?
[02:36.954] Took too many lessons for granted, you shoulda listened (Boy)
[02:39.209] Niggas hate on me out of ignorance, out of envy
[02:41.735] Out of ****s to give ya, ho, **** up out of my business
[02:44.406] I got a vision, and a journey, and an attorney
[02:47.110] Just in case, I use this burner to keep me off of the gurney, ah
[02:49.888] (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain)
[02:52.283] Keep from gettin' stuck in my way 'cause it ain't safe enough
[02:54.743] (We can feel its magical light)
[02:57.617] Yeah, after a darker night come a bright day, ayy
[02:59.777] (Wind and sea mix thoughts in my brain)
[03:03.101] Be cautious of shit that you get easy, right away, ayy, be well
[03:05.438] (We can feel its magical light)
[03:08.014] They say after a darker night come a bright day
[03:10.218] My name is Tamika D. Mallory
[03:12.628] And let me be the one to tell you: A revolution is in progress
[03:18.330] I come in the tradition of Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Ella Baker, and Angela Davis
[03:25.738] Mixed with a little bit of Jada Pinkett Smith and Cardi B
[03:30.140] Because, you see, Black women aren't one-dimensional
[03:33.560] We think different; we move different; we feel different ways about different things
[03:39.892] We are not a monolith
[03:41.363] But the one thing we all agree on is we deserve respect
[03:46.049] And we demand respect
[03:51.055] First, we demand respect from our Black kings, and then, we demand respect from the world
[03:56.053] You see, Brianna Taylor was essential, and justice for her means justice for me