My Presidents Are Black

God in all my flows

Heaven in my tracks

My kettles all gold

My presidents are black (Blah)

See Jackie on the frontline and Wretch is in the back

Remember when they told us just to rap? Hmm

Over the years we've been ill advised

They told us "Just one at a time," that's the biggest lie

A wise man once asked, "Who ate all the pies?"

And now he's looking at me funny like I took his slice

Oh, what a life, I can't war with no broken man

They start a war, it never goes to plan

Hmm, aight, cool

Jigga told me, "Crabs in a bucket," I said "I overstand"

So you my brother, you can hold my hand

You wouldn't know 'bout the convos that we had to change the rules

Didn't know that I would give my arm and leg to help you move

Didn't know we're tryna implement

Our history through the schools

You can keep the gems I'll give you jewels, aight

We are the needle movers, we are the table shakers

They gotta move around us, 'cause nothing moves without us

It can't be you who found us, we don't need you to crown us

I had a crown before my song, this is the mountain that I'm on

We set up shop but we never closed the shutter

I give you all the keys, don't matter if we know each other

My brother Enoch told me, "Bro you wasn't known to stutter"

So I got rid of it, I'm smoother than some cocoa butter

Fluent, you can-

It's the community provider

The multiple diss track survivor

Glory be to God, Jehovah-Jireh

How can I retire?

The devil is a liar

And shout my **** Dave, 'cause we made it through the fire

Should've left me out the politics

All I know is feta cheese and dollar chips

**** went from selling weed to scholarships

They're bellin' me to holla Flipz

And now they holla Flipz to get at me

I could be a Beatle if you let it be

I needed you to set me free (Woo)

I just needed you to let me dream

The pressures that I'm under does

No favours for my self-esteem

I wonder what they tell Raheem

Black boy fly, black girl fly, we all fly

If you try to rob them for their dreams, of course I'm

Gonna put a target on your back I'm Hawkeye

Beg you, leave them yutes alone

This is my war cry

Just careful when you fuck around and take the piss

That could be my little bro or baby sis

Have to make a statement, just in case it is

We're products of the place we lived

Yeah, we're busting all your favourite myths

Nowadays, I pull up on my Zadie Smith

A master with a pen

Skin tone darker than your skeng

Ah, you have to pull it up to start again

Tell Michael Gove that we got somethin' for your nose

And we got champagne bottles for them boys at number ten

Now we gon' party through the bullshit

If you make a point, I'll reinforce it

If you take a stand then we endorse it

That's what we do

If we ain't beside you, then we're cheering

This is hashtag merky

This is God engineering, I swear

(Woo)

This for my **** who ain't make it to the Prem'

Hope they see the bigger picture when they frame it through their lens

I pray my brothers make it in the end

To be fair, we never had no olders

This for my Kofi's and my Adeola's

You get the trophies when you plan and focus

You're now tuned into my magnum opus

They wanna chat me whilst they're sat on sofas

But I'm Serena for you Sharapovas

Win again and win again, like Wimbledon, I serve

I promise you, I'm colder than the single that you heard

The second one was stressful but it's simple for my third

Holy Spirit, guide me to the things that you prefer

I'm still the nicest with it

Don't put some commas on a cheque and try entice us with it

Put some rockets on our back and put some fire in it

This a blessing from my King you can't acquire spirit

Hit 'em with the choir spirit

Got 'em singing

Gimme light

Gimmie love

'Cause we've been through the fire

Got the strength of a lion (Oh, oh-oh, oh)

Oh yes we will, Lord

I'm a young Jazzie B

I'm on my Soul II Soul

They're asking if I sold my soul

Tell 'em it's the power of the Holy Ghost

Tell 'em that He guides me on this lonely road

So that's why I say

For the, the, the road that you go, uh, are on now that

What you're paving and laying

It is this road for all these people to walk (Hundred percent)

And I think that's what's gonna be

One of the greatest legacies

That, you know, together we will leave

As the Black English (A hundred percent)

Is that, erm, it's like a full circle

We, we came all the way around