[Toni Morrison]

“We die, that may be the meaning of life

But we do language, that may be the measure of our lives.”

[Verse: Graphene]

Language is the bridge yet the disconnector

Separating worlds but yet intersecting

The line between me and you

I gotta say God made a hell of a move

To make the body universal and a hell of tool

To show you love me or that you’re in a hell of a mood

And make you yearn for better places with a hell of a view

Yeah a hell of a view

That’s that conditioning that’s not for your hair

Where you live your life wishing that you were more prepared

By the schools and your parents

Feel if they really cared

They would’ve built you elevators instead of taking the stairs

In life

Disregarding that the rules weren’t fair for your people

But you get taught that your mouth is a flare

Yelling save me

If you ever acknowledge it’s rare

We ever run the same race like the tortoise and hare

The shit different

Man on everything I love I promise

The shit different

Had to say it twice so that all of y’all could see the difference

Between the family of the victim and the family of the witness

And the neighbor who called the cops cause they don’t ever mind they fucking business

They’ll give you the run around if you don’t mind your fitness

They passing these guns around just to watch them sentence

Niggas to couple years

Watch families shed cups of tears

Word to James Baldwin our little brothers need repentance

Yeah word to James Baldwin our little brothers need repentance

Father God I know the things you do come with a purpose

One day I know you’ll lift the veil and open the curtains

So they can see into our culture but beyond the surface

Cause when my sisters go in labor doc can’t see that see that she’s hurting

I guess they can’t see that she’s hurting

They either think she’s too strong or her life’s unimportant

Well One thing is for certain

If they learned our language like we learned theirs then they could probably save them a person

Or two

Or three

[James Baldwin]

“I am not a ward of America

I am not an object of missionary charity

I am one of the people who built the country

Until this moment, there is scarcely any hope for the American dream

Because the people who are denied participation in it, by their very presence will wreck it

And if that happens, it’s a very grave moment for the West

Thank you