Lyrics DEEP ROOTS - Moyoza

Oh, we keep on paving
A way to the other side
Stacking on bricks
Tryin' to build high

But the wind keeps knocking 'em down
So we start back on the ground
Just paving
Our own way now

Oh, we keep on paving
Oh, we keep on paving
Oh, we keep on paving
A way to the other side

I got my whole family praying for me
That's probably why I'm still standing
Put their dreams aside for mine
Did I take shit granted?
I walk with confidence
But they can't stand it
They knew I was branded
A black woman stranded
Without a tribe to stand in

They weren't kidding
First it was the twang
Then my upbringing
"Your people stole our jobs
And now they're killing"
I'm like - You're killing us too
We've been here long as you
And this used to be home
Some of us don't have a home to go back to

My people tended the land
'Til they were forced abroad
So they made a move to the heart
Feet bruised and sore
Rebuilt what was torn
Found a home at new shores
So when we come back to this sanctuary
It's unrequited love
This is where our pasts are buried

But you're huddled in your tribes -
Divided,
Conquered by the white man
Against us united (Uh)
Greed seeps through the cracks
Infests everything black (Yeah)
Grass roots
Rooted in poison
All out of choices
Wordless voices
Left hanging on hope
That crumbles at the touch
Wondering if the tithe was enough

Oh, we keep on paving
A way to the other side
(Oh, we keep on paving)
Stacking on bricks
Tryin' to build high

But the wind keeps knocking us down
So we start back on the ground

We're in turbulent times
You see what really matter
Heart breaks on the daily
Makes me even sadder
Brothers and sisters are paining
The earth's shaking
As change causes new rivers to form
And the old to stop shaping

Everyone's an ally
'Til it's time to be an activist
Not asking you to be loud
But I'm asking you to get with it
"Life's good" is your perogative
We're dying
And the cops just think we warrant it

Sit
Breathe
Take it all in
(Deep breaths)
Your mind's a palace
(With its own challenges)
Though death's shadow haunts us
He's got a lock on it
'Tis the season
And there's no way of stoping it
He's cleared a path
Time for us to follow it

I see problems as they are
Deep Rooted
But I'm ready to show face
Power through it
I hope one day we find a solution
Seek resolution
But for now
We'll just keep on paving
A way to the other side

Oh, we keep on paving
A way to the other side
Stacking on bricks
Tryin' to build high

But the wind keeps knocking us down
So we start back on the ground
Just paving
Our own way now

Oh, we keep on paving
A way to the other side
(Oh, we keep on paving)
Stacking on bricks
Tryin' to build high

But the wind keeps knocking us down
So we start back on ground