BLACK PARADE lyrics - Beyonce

(from "The Lion King: The Gift" soundtrack)

I'm going back to the South

I'm going back, back, back, back

Where my roots ain't watered down

Growing, growing like a Baobab tree

Of life on fertile ground, my ancestors put me on game

Ankh charm on gold chains, with my Oshun energy, oh

Drip all on me, woo, Ankara Dashiki print

Hold up, don't I smell like such a nag champa incense?

Yeah, pure ice (ice), ice (ice), buss down

Uh, flooded (flooded), flooded (flooded), on my wrist, out

Ooh, going up, going up, motherland, motherland drip on me

Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like

Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me

Ooh, yeah, I can't forget my history is her story, yeah

Being black, maybe that's the reason why

They're always mad, yeah, they're always mad, yeah

Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why

They're all big mad and they always have been

Honey, come around my way, around my hive

Whenever mama say so, mama say

Here I come on my throne, sitting high

Follow my parade, oh, my parade

Talking slick to my folk (My folk), nip that lip like lipo (Lipo)

You hear them swarming, right? Bees is known to bite

Now here we come on our thrones, sitting high

Follow my parade, oh, my parade

Yeah, yeah, I'm for us, all black

All chrome (Yeah), black-owned (Yeah)

Black tints (Yeah), matte black (Yeah, yeah)

Roll by, my window down, let 'em see who in it

Crack a big smile (Ding)

Go figure, me and Jigga, fifty 'leven children

They're like, "Chick, how?"

I charge my crystals in a full moon

You could send them missiles, I'ma send my goons

Baby sister repping Yemaya (Yemaya)

Trust me, they're gon' need an army (Ah)

Rubber bullets bouncing off me (Ah)

Made a picket sign off your picket fence (Ah)

Take it as a warning (Ah, ah)

Waist beads from Yoruba (Woo)

Four hundred billi', Mansa Musa (Woo)

Stroll line to the barbecue

Put us any-damn-where, we gon' make it look cute

Pandemic fly on the runway, in my hazmat

Children' running through the house to my art, all black

Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat

(Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat)

Hold my hands, we gon' pray together

Lay down, face down in the gravel

Woo, wearing all attire white to the funeral

Black love, we gon' stay together

Curtis Mayfield on the speaker (Woo)

Lil' Malcolm, Martin mixed with mama Tina (Woo)

Need another march, lemme call Tamika (Woo)

Need peace and reparation for my people (Woo)

Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up (Shrivel up)

Fuck this fade and waves, I'ma let it dread all up (Dread all up)

Put your fist up in the air, show black love (Show black love)

Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me

Honey, come around my way, around my hive

Whenever mama say so, mama say

Here I come on my throne, sitting high

Follow my parade, oh, my parade

Talking slick to my folk (My folk), nip that lip like lipo (Lipo)

Hear 'em swarming, right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz)

Now here we come on our thrones, sitting high

Follow my parade, oh, my parade

We got rhythm (We got rhythm), we got pride (We got pride)

We birth kings (We birth kings), we birth tribes (We birth tribes)

Holy river (Holy river), holy tongue (Holy tongue)

Speak the glory (Speak the glory), feel the love (Feel the love)

Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey

Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey

I can't forget my history, it's her story

Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me

Honey, come around my way, around my hive (My)

Whenever mama say so (Hey), mama say (Hey, hey)

Here I come on my throne, sitting high (High)

Follow my parade, oh, my parade (Hey, hey, hey)

Talking slick to my folk (My folk), nip that lip like lipo (Lipo)

Hear 'em swarming, right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz)

Now here we come on our thrones, sitting high

Follow my parade, oh, black parade