Owe U? by NYALLAH

Quit shooting my, shooting my niggas!
Quit shooting my, shooting my niggas!

Quit shooting my niggas in the street!
(I) Ain’t trusting no slave catchers disguised as the police.
Roots so Black and beautiful, embody royalty
Don’t mind me smilin’ hella wide while y’all just grit your teeth

This my energy! It’s not yours to keep
Sell, trade or lease
I ain’t no one’s property
I know I come off as sweet, but don’t test my inner g
Water’s in my rising, but I’ll turn the heat up

Can you keep up?
Please follow the leader.
I ain’t yo teacher, grab a book and read sumn'
I ain’t a savior, so don’t ask for no favors
Look. Black girls don’t owe you no labor

Black girls don’t owe you no (labor, labor, labor)
Black girls don’t owe you no
Black girls don’t owe you no
Black girls don’t owe you no

We tired of the hustling and fighting
Just to survive when, 400 years ago our people built up this continent
And I ain’t even gonna get started on the accomplished
That plenty of the history books swept under the carpet

Sick of mamas dying, yeah
And lord I pray for the missing two-thirty thousand
Sick of all the silence, yeah
Complacency is violent, sick of all the silence

Question: What’s it going to take for all y’all to clean up your act and start treating Black femmes with some respect?
And I mean across the board
Like...y’all need to stop nitpicking.
When you say “PROTECT BLACK WOMEN,” really PROTECT BLACK WOMEN

See I’m not playin’ wit ya
And no I don’t need a goddamn thang from ya
I’m on my boss shit like 4/5 rang fangers
Get out my way, I’m in my lane
Me and my squad we gettin paid

Cause this is how we do it
I got my own, just so you know
I don’t need you to prove it
So best believe that when you see me, it may be some new shit
So best believe that when u see me rollin’ wit my unit

That this is how we movin’, we steady keep it cruising
I might be actin up, but baby I ain’t actin foolish
Cause we not wastin no time
We steady up on the grind
Look to the stars to align
Cause that’s the way we shine

You and me, yes “we”
Came from a Black queen?
We came from a Black queen

Don’t you see?
You can’t undermine the
Power of the Black Queen

You and me, yes “we”
Came from a Black queen?
We came from a Black queen

Don’t you see?
Don’t you see?

• Afropop
• Alternative R&B
• Neo-Soul
• R&B/Soul
• Soul
• West Coast
• Brooklyn