I got an excess of black bile, high irascibility
Contemplating checking myself into facility
Mental ability clearly affected
Deep in the dumps, down and dejected
Been in low power mode all year
Think it's time to switch up to high gear
Ima live 2019 no fear
Ima be free this year
Ima pick up my head and puff up my chest
Step to the frontline, hustle on offense
Crumple up anxieties, shoot em into trashbags
Hashtag no filter
No more diplomatic I'm channeling Illmatic
The time has run out, ain't no room for the static
Pump up the volume, let it go
Past be the past, let's get on with the show
I been in low low low low low low low power mode
In low power mode
Been in low power mode all year
Think it's time to switch it up to high gear
I been in low low low low low low low power mode
In low power mode
Been in low power mode all year
Think it's time to switch it up to high gear
So I slip into a silky world of lavender and lime
Where the hide of a drum is beat all the time
Carefully remember when I lost my damn mind
Went somewhere else, left all my qualities behind
Why can't I appreciate the food on my plate?
That I have a job and my family is safe
That it's only been assault, and never been rape
That it's only been discrimination never crimes of hate?
How can I ever wear an S on my chest
When the weight of the world is keepin me pressed
Wear a BP, got that white-hot vibranium
Anger and justice all up in my cranium
Obama of the gang of em
Triple consciousness drive me insanium
Fat dab of wax off titanium
Why is it so hard to see another point of view
Consider hardships other folks been through?
I been in low low low low low low low power mode
In low power mode
Been in low power mode all year
Think it's time to switch it up to high gear
I been in low low low low low low low power mode
In low power mode
Been in low power mode all year
Think it's time to switch it up to high gear
I continue to struggle with this apathetic world
As an indigo libra mulatto girl
I know i ain't perfect, i mess up all the time
It's disconcerting when no one else even tries
It bothers me when you call me nice
But I ain't nice I recognize all the strife in this life
Ay if saying good morning helps you to put down that knife
Ima say that shit twice trynna survive every night, know what i'm sayin?
It's like, maybe my smile is a defense mechanism
Maybe i'm to trynna bridge a schism
I'll beat you to your prejudice thoughts and distract you
Next thing you know you forgot that i'm Black too
I been in low low low low low low low power mode
In low power mode
Been in low power mode all year
Think it's time to switch it up to high gear
I been in low low low low low low low power mode
In low power mode
Been in low power mode all year
Think it's time to switch it up to high gear