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Black
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Black was released on May 14, 2021 by Impulse! as a part of the album Black To The Future
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Release DateMay 14, 2021
LabelImpulse!
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM190

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sons Of Kemet
Sons Of Kemet
Performer
Joshua Idehen
Joshua Idehen
Vocals
Theon Cross
Theon Cross
Tuba
Tom Skinner
Tom Skinner
Drums
Eddie Hick
Eddie Hick
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Marcus Locock
Marcus Locock
Assistant Recording Engineer
Dilip Harris
Dilip Harris
Mixing Engineer
Guy Davie
Guy Davie
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Black is tired
Black would like to make a statement
Black is tired
[Verse 2]
Black's eyes are vacant
Black's arms are leaden
Black's tongue cannot taste shit
Black's stomach cannot compress death and
[Verse 3]
Black would like to state that Black is not a beast of myth
To be slain in a fable
Recounted ontop a round table
Surrounded by blue-collared brave men and
[Verse 4]
Black has demands
Black demands baton-proof bones and bullet resistant skin
Black thinks no person this trigger-nervous deserves a gun
Much less a badge
[Verse 5]
And Black knows one day its arms will be up
Its lips pinned, but its shadow
Its shadow will be reaching for something
That isn't there and that'll be enough
[Verse 6]
Black says keep your 40 acres
Just let Black reach for the end of the street
Let Black reach for the last Skittle sweet
Just Let Black reach into Black's own car
Let black reach into Black's own lungs
[Verse 7]
Black doesn't want his young ones seeing their fathers dead on Youtube
Pausing halfway through clips just to keep them alive
Black says it's always been like this
It's you who's late to woke
[Verse 8]
And Black has seen your grin
Your grin is a cutlass flag
And Black's hands are bleeding
From gripping the knife edge you offered
On your side of the handshake
Go write your thoughts and prayers on a piece of paper
Fling it at the moon, see what that'll do
[Verse 9]
You call for calm, you call for peace
Like sacrifices on mountain peaks
It doesn't end the palava
Might be calm at the top
Underneath is still the lava
Black is angry now
[Verse 10]
Black is in pain
[Verse 11]
And Black's nerves are fireflies dancing with grief
A curse-word trapped in a bracket
A sentence too intense for one full stop
[Verse 12]
Black says that you don't understand
Black says that you cannot compare
Black says this pain is too pepper
Black say that you cannot digest
Black says how can you relate?
[Verse 13]
When these black lips are this full
And this Black praise is dance!
This Black sorrow is dance
This Black praise is dance
This Black struggle is dance
And this Black pain is dance
This Black struggle is dance
And this Black praise is dance
[Verse 14]
Just leave Black be
You already have the world
Just leave Black be
[Verse 15]
Leave us alone
Written by: Shabaka Hutchings
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