Sunshine and blue skies
Walk with my head high
Lord knows the true prize
End of the day I gotta
Speak for a nation
Can't be complacent
No times a wastin'
No times a yeah
Move with a purpose my granny told me I'm worth it
Got me the hooked on phonics and made me learn it
Told me that knowledge is power you gotta earn it
Told me the world is mine and I deserve it
I'm just the child who was left behind I'm blessed to shine
All the flowers I'll give you yours I ain't get mine
Grew up with crooks got stories that probably leave you shook
Ran off to college found out I couldn't afford the books
Still had to chase it I wanted more for the younger world
I gotta be the inspiration for the boys and girls
Hello we educated but we out the ghetto
We came from nothing so we gotta get Mo
All that we know is that we gotta get dough
Send out a signal if you see the po-po
Giving love cause we ain't get enough
Imma an author from the bottom like Bettina Love yeah
Sunshine and blue skies
Walk with my head high
Lord knows the true prize
End of the day I gotta
Speak for a nation
Can't be complacent
No times a wastin'
No times a yeah
Sunshine and blue skies
Walk with my head high
Lord knows the true prize
End of the day I gotta
Speak for a nation
Can't be complacent
No times a wastin'
No times a yeah
Punished for dreaming
But I need a better reason
Ironic to me when
Y'all the ones who sleeping
All this corporate welfare but what about the ones who teaching
No child left behind but still so much our children needing look
We came too far to quit now as the hill steepens
We raising the bar and we still reaching look
They bombed the church and that man was still preaching
Student loans for some clothes just to feel decent look
Shout out the teachers who know it was what it was
And don't see the truth as a grudge, just because
Reagan claimed the war on drugs yet Reagan was the plug
How he call call us the thugs
Who made Reagan the judge
They gave us black banks but never gave us our land
Black Wall Street whenever we made a plan
I quit watching the news it's kids shooting up schools
And books teaching em truth is all that they wanna ban
Test standards ain't right they left handed
The good thing
The truth gon' always come to light, like it's red handed
CRT was only taught in law school
Wasn't even in high schools
Y'all don't even like truth
A teacher told his students USA made us slaves
White parents complain now he suspended 5 days
Red state blue state white history core curricula
They don't want the truth they want stories they benefitting from
Sunshine and blue skies
Walk with my head high
Lord knows the true prize
End of the day I gotta
Speak for a nation
Can't be complacent
No times a wastin'
No times a yeah
Sunshine and blue skies
Walk with my head high
Lord knows the true prize
End of the day I gotta
Speak for a nation
Can't be complacent
No times a wastin'
No times a yeah
Just breathe
Just breathe
Before I save the world gotta take care of me
A lot of change in this world that I wanna see
Could never change just keep going and keep it g
Just breathe
Just breathe
This lil bit that we got is all that we need
A lil bit to a lot we been dropping seeds
If everybody ain't free then nobody free
Just breathe
Just breathe
Before I save the world gotta take care of me
A lot of change in this world that I wanna see
Could never change just keep going and keep it g
Just breathe
Just breathe
This lil bit that we got is all that we need
A lil bit to a lot we been dropping seeds
If everybody ain't free then nobody free