And you made it!
A little bit on the late side but still you've arrived
Now everyone, everyone, line up the same way we've rehearsed
Today is a special day
You'll be receiving your special certificates
For completing your color course
Congratulations, you've made it this far, Million Man March
Taper fades with the parts, man I'm so John Henry Clark
Where do I start? We can go to the richest man in history being black
Or Auntie's house where it's milk frozen in freezer bags
Could hit the block where they holding sticks like Barry Bonds
Or hit the Mosque where the brothers say
"We of Farrakhan," pick your soldier
Or let Claude Anderson teach you how you can hit your quota
Used to half way open the Sprite can to sip the soda
Give Mr. Devin $200, bet he can fix ya motor
Or I can show you a few single mothers that's lifting boulders
Because her man got locked for
Something the government now profits from
But, we survive anything so save
Your pity 'cause we proved them wrong
We made Diddy's, we made Delaney's
We made cities, they burned them down
We made Jiffy
For cornbread we stay busy, set the trends we stay jiggy
Barbeques we made memories
If you ask me these the raps that could have saved Whitney
I got a few exes wishing they would've stayed with me
Probably should've prayed with me, 'cause we all got curses to break
We just colored kids puttin' our purpose in place
From a place, experiencing everything from churches to hate
Big Popeyes chicken and Church's debates with no personal space
We slap snoop through the day but on Sunday we let Kirk Franklin play
And we call that shit a ghetto symphony, I know y'all feel the energy
Stop, black man know your worth before you sign that dot
Watch, black Queen when they wanna speak on while your hair in knots
Stay true, better love your color, can't be ashamed
Shootin' craps, rhymin' packs, watchin' Stella Got Her Groove Back
Built this land, you better know facts
Put the Pyramids on our backs
One with the Sun, Stars and the Moon
Naturally glow, the brightest in the room
Man I love bein' colored
And here they are, this year's school of hard knocks colored course graduates
Stand to your feet if you will, aren't you so proud?
So proud to know the true essence of color
Rivers and waters
They just keep flowin'
Rivers and waters
Keep flowin' in my soul
Rivers and waters
They just keep flowin', flowin'
Rivers and waters, waters
Keep flowin' in my soul
Flowin' in my soul
Keep flowin' in my soul
Flowin' in my soul
Keep flowin' in my soul (soul)
Keep flowin' in my soul
(Keep flowin' through my soul)
Keep flowin' in my soul