A Million Eyes

[Hook: Vocal sample from Mary Hopkin's “Lullaby of the Leaves”] (x2) “Cradle me where southern skies can watch me with a million eyes” [Verse 1: Apani] Yo, what you think you doin', nigga? Nigga, where you think you goin’? Nigga, watch your place, acting like you're not knowin’ Showin' your ass. Nigga, show me your teeth [Bisk?] and showin' your scars deep Three-fifths of man versus poppa large—who's in charge? Can't bargain, can't win. [?] don’t apply to your kind of kin We blend it, buy the bottom, sharecropper shacks act amongst the cotton People forgotten, fuck 'em. Bad luck sucks Black bucks breed more bucks For Daddy Warbucks and stuck-up society whores Yeah, shake my family tree down to the core Even more is hidden, forbidden to your eyes and mind More lies fashioned for the unwise, nothin' surprise... me no more I’d be surprised if shit changed I'd run fast and far if I could escape this cage—can't contain my rage Guess that's why they keep me locked Keep me livin' hand to mouth, hustlin' for what I got If I drop a crumb, here come the vultures All I really got that's mine is my pride and culture What, y'all want that too? Wouldn't you hate me if I was you? Wouldn't you want me dead Take a minute—let that sink into your head You call me enemy—my blood's red I'm flesh and bones, too human like you Can I live? I’m sayin', really. I’m sayin’ [Hook: Vocal sample from Mary Hopkin's “Lullaby of the Leaves”] (x2) “Cradle me where southern skies can watch me with a million eyes” [Verse 2: Apani] I stood up to be counted You beat me down surrounded by your million eyes My bones cracked—it sounded like Hell's thunder Under attack, arms pinned back Blurry vision, bloody, can't see who first stuck me Between my thighs, I felt ugly They took turns to fuck me Beneath southern skies, they want to shame me, make me think I'm nothin’ But I'm still every woman, plus won't give them the satisfaction of reaction These bastards will have to kill me Spill my blood on the roots of this willow tree With strange fruits swings off the limbs of plenty If that be God's will, then so it is I'd rather die in birth than raise his kids I’ll leave this black hole with my soul intact Never look back. Now once he put his tongue in my mouth I'mma spit on his fronts, never give in Gotta go. I'm scrappin’ even if I can't win (what?!?) [Hook: Vocal sample from Mary Hopkin's “Lullaby of the Leaves”] (x2) “Cradle me where southern skies can watch me with a million eyes” [Bridge: N’didi] I refuse to accept this cruel reality (reality) Never ever thought this shit would happen to me Victimized by savage brutality How the hell can I live like this?