Lecrae - 2016 BET Hip-Hop Awards Spoken Word Performance lyrics

[Verse] They tellin' us make “America Great Again” I'm like hol' up, when was America great again? Was it when they took us from our native land? Or maybe it was when they took the natives' land? Let me be quiet, nah 'Cause being silent is pitiful It's something I never do After Philando, man, I'm wondering where was you? They ask for your opinion All you thinking is revenue, never do I pray to God He make you a better you Now, I know Some of us we don't know who we are We're too content with the gold and the cars We got low self-esteem chasing dreams With a goal in our heart But society then drove us apart Look at us from sellin' dope to our own kind To a dope rhyme Radio then played it more times Paid in more dimes to some industry exec Getting checks from a private prison With the rap money he invest Now, I know you're like is this rap or is this gospel Look, all you need to know is that I was blind Now I'm not though Real recognize real If they don't love me like 'Pac They gon' respect how I'm moving And then I'm never gonna stop 'Cause we was taken from Africa Sold and treated like animals Culturally denigrated and separated from families But somehow we made it this far and stood firm With nappy hairs and perms And led for two terms