WOKE

WOKE
(Intro)
I GOT WOKE, YOU GOT WOKE. ALL
GODS CHILDREN GOT WOKE, WOKE.
EVERYBODY TALKIN' BOUT WOKE AINT WOKE. WE ALL GOT TO BE WOKE.
ARISE RAISE UP, WE GOT TO HAVE HOPE. OPEN YOUR EYES WAKE UP, WE GOT TO BE WOKE.
*(Chorus)
SAY IT LOUD I'M WOKE & I'M PROUD
(Rep)
(Verse 1)
WOKE ABOUT OUR GLORIOUS
HISTORY, BIRTHPLACE OF HUMANITY
AFRICAN KINGDOMS RULED THE WORLD. DIAMONDS, SILVER, GOLD AND PEARLS.
(Verse 2)
WOKE ABOUT THE MILLIONS LOST AT SEA, WOKE ABOUT CENTURIES OF SLAVERY. ANCESTORS BUILT THIS NATION, FREE LABOR TIME FOR REPARATIONS
(Pre Chorus 1)
EVEN THOUGH WE CAME IN CHAINS
ROYAL BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH OUR VEINS. SACRIFICED, PAID THE PRICE, GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US TO SURVIVE.*
(Verse 3)
WOKE ABOUT THE MASSACRES AND LYNCHING TREES, BLACK BODIES HANGIN' IN THE SOUTHERN BREEZE.
3/5 HUMAN, SEGREGATION, POLL TAX,
& MASS INCARCERATION.
(Verse 4)
WOKE ABOUT CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, REDLINING,
GENTRIFICATION.
WOKE ABOUT SUPERIORITY, SUPREMACY, INFERIORITY.
(Pre-Chorus 2)
WOKE ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL SKIN & HAIR, MARVELOUS MAGNIFICENT, BEYOND COMPARE.
TRIED TO PUT US DOWN BUT WE KNOW THE TRUTH,
THE BLACKER THE BERRY THE SWEETER THE JUICE.*
(Breakdown)*
(Vamp Chorus)
SAY IT LOUD I'M WOKE & I'M PROUD (Rep)
WOKE IN NEW YORK, DC & PHILLY,
CHICAGO, DETROIT, LA. NEW ORLEANS, LITTLE ROCK, MEMPHIS, HOUSTON, WOKE IN ATLANTA GA.
SAY IT LOUD I'M WOKE & I'M PROUD (Rep)
AINT NO HOPE IF WE AINT WOKE
(Rep)
AINT NO JOKE WE GOT TO STAY WOKE! (Rep)