[Verse 1 - Speech]

My skin could never be no curse, no it can't

I wear it like a prom tuxedo and I

Wear my hair as if it’s the sun and...

Each and every dread is a powerful light ray

Never wanted things to be in reverse cause

God makes waves wise travelers so

My views of this world are ever growing

Thus ever growing is the way one must view me

A soul of conviction unjustly convicted

Happy TV commercials and bi-racial shows

The smell of reality still burns my nose

Not content until it smells like a rose

Whether it's in style to keep the fight

I tread these waters and make my waves yes I do

And I will fight until my dying day

And even after that my ghost resides with pride

[Chorus]

I’ll always reside with pride

I continue to strive with pride

I’ll always have my pride

[Verse 2 - Headliner]

Brothers and Sisters

My name is Headliner from the family Arrested Development

Power to the people ya’ll

The struggle for liberation of African peoples still continues

Never settle for our present oppressors

Freedom is our right, we demand that

Possessed

With the spirits of the Black Panthers

The MOVE Organization

Nat Turner

Assata

David Walker

[Verse 3 - Speech]

Forward ever backwards never

Day by day through trials I trod

Always triumphant never fail

We've come too far to turn back now

I won't turn back I move

My blood is thicker than the waters of any flood

Yeah yeah

Here I am facing the almighty herself

If she approves then I am saved

Clear of trouble is the path I pave

For generations of children to walk and run

Whether it's in style to keep the fight

I tread these waters and make waves God knows

And I will fight until my dying day

And even after that my ghost resides with pride

[Chorus]

I always will live with pride

I always will live with pride

Always live with pride

[Verse 4 - Headliner]

I don’t try to follow the past of acceptance

I just try to follow the path of redemption and self-development

The meek shall inherit the earth

We must wake up and smell the birth of a nation

Never settle for the present oppressors

Or should I say down pressure

Because I exist I resist

Because I’m alive, I strive with pride

Yeah, power to the people ya’ll

The struggle for liberation of African peoples still continues

Yes never settle for our present oppressors

Freedom is our right and we demand that

Possessed with the spirits of the Black Panthers

Yeah the Black Panthers

The MOVE Organization

Nat Turner

Assata

David Walker

Patrice Lumumba

Power to the people

The struggle for dignity still lives on in our mind