Lyrics Root - Jesse Markin

You can see it in the hustle
No denying that the struggle been inherited
Our so called saviors got 'em closets full of skeletons
Pockets full of gold, ever wondered how they got it
When a generation after another, punished to death with it
Generations left the in the gutter
Without a therapist
Every smile that you encounter not always genuine
Brain washed, kept in a bubble, i wasn't hearing it
Thinking that this system was built to all our benefit
Black girl, sick of the curls
Trying to be Marilyn, hurled in the middle
She learned how to be fairer skin
Cos even the brothers out be saying that is my preference
Fuck staying celibate, chasing white like it's heroin
Hoping that it get a bit better with the next specimen
Praying to a Jesus who look like Samuli Edelman
Twisting up this sinsemilla bud with the fellowship
My favorite quote, "i don't give a fuck"
Just manage in this crazy world, holding up a cup
Sipping purpleness, the purpose is to keep us in a buzz
Like we never been interested in getting better jobs
Only selling shit, the yellow brick road wasn't for us degenerates
I tell em that affecting lives is where the wealth and merit is
So tell me why the fuck they would be sharing it with us, look
Write down our own testament, definite
Never putting mines on these presidents, the hell wit em

The worst parts are secrets
Can not change what you don't know
Are you alive or just breathing
Been led to believe that change will come from silence
Pain is cured in silence
But no, from the root we can start again

Am i a part of the problem, promoting bullshit
Brothers laid at the bottom, i got em full clips
And a half empty bottle
Unable to look at this full pic, is it common?
I mean, mother fuckers neglected
When all we ever wanted was to be respected
So there's a whole lot more to a necklace
And if don't work, still got this hot temper
Now as a kid, you was down if your actions were reckless
Micro aggressions, while clowning out for the acceptance
They talking now, so without a doubt
I caught with the message
Look at my role models like that's what i'm destined be
Anthony Curtis after his service
Can't work on my knees, trying to nourish the tree
Searching for heaven
Going out like Tony just to become a legend
I was told that's the only way for ma brethren, hold on a second
Don't get too comfortable
Emmet Till's killers slipped away but they got Huxtable
Guilty or not
It's fair to say that way more vulnerable than all of you
When it comes to the wrongs to proof, all is true
I know you feel some type of way
Who wouldn't wanna ball and hoop
If the stage is set we celebrate
So it's easy to get drawn into

The worst parts are secrets
Can not change what you don't know
Are you alive or just breathing
Been led to believe that change will come from silence
Pain is cured in silence
But no, from the root we can start again

The worst parts are secrets
Can not change what you don't know
Are you alive or just breathing
Been led to believe that change will come from silence
Pain is cured in silence
But no, from the root we can start again