Yeah
This is for my people
You know who you are
I hope this helps you understand
I'm no mudmocha mulatto
No tote half breed saddle for your emotional baggage
I'm not tryna be savage
But I'm done with this spit
Mopping feelings cavity's pit
Your sugar's been rusting giving you nothing, placebos bluffing
Why do I have to be the antidote
Explain the end murder she wrote
It's the same every time
I hear the same line
Don't you know you're not white enough or black enough to do that?
Imma say I'm young half black and proud
Imma say I'm young half white and proud
Mama gave my name and I sing it out loud
Nothing that you say can push it down now
I know who I am and I found my pocket
Put me in a box I'll find the key when you lock it
Mixing up the world every day I vow
That imma say I'm young half black and proud
Does it pain you to see me?
Am I dark enough to please?
Tryna force me to your image
Is my whiteness my disease
Strangers of the old racism
Kinky curls pressed straight for the system
What a world it is we live in
But god bless the child this god is own
I'm an original
One individual
Feeding subliminal
Messages I hope you know
If you got soul
Is it cultural appropriation if I celebrate my culture when I'm not dark enough for you
My culture's a salad filled with notes like a ballad
Traditions run thick roti and tame lick grandma's jello
Auntie's saying hello
Naps on the pillow duality the truth of my existence
But I'm stuck with your persistence
Why do I have to choose one?
Imma say I'm young half black and proud
Imma say I'm young half white and proud
Mama gave my name and I sing it out loud
Nothing that you say can push it down now
I know who I am and I found my pocket
Put me in a box I'll find the key when you lock it
Mixing up the world every day I vow
That imma say I'm young half black and proud
Yeah
I said yeah
Our world is changing
Can you keep up
Can you keep up
Our world is changing
Can you keep up
Cause I hope we're not stuck
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Woah
Imma say I'm young half black and proud
Imma say I'm young half white and proud
Mama gave my name and I sing it out loud
Nothing that you say can push it down now
I know who I am and I found my pocket
Put me in a box I'll find the key when you lock it
Mixing up the world every day I vow
That imma say I'm young half black and proud