Zakiyyah – Rise Lyrics
Artist: Zakiyyah
Song: Rise
RISE lyrics
Verse 1:
I try to keep my patience but my spirit’s growing hardy/
Hoping I won’t have to tell my predecessor’s sorry/
The time’s been up for justice but as usual we tardy/
Cuz we been lookin’ for our invitations to the party/
A seat at someone else’s table eatin’ smaller portions/
Instead of pooling resources to create a fortune/
We conceived our own once but opted for abortion/
And the ones we brought to life soon became orphans/
A black white house crеated an amnesia/
Put evеn the wokest under luring anesthesia/
And we’ve always got a threat to our development/
Cuz some of these supremacists are out here wearing melanin/
We giving accolades to people too quick to forgive/
And wonder why they keep challenging our basic right to live/
All these years still dreaming, MLK/
All these tears and ain’t one bill been paid/
How many cheeks turn before you’re just a pushover?/
How long before the chance to turn things around is over?/
Much respect to King, but now we need to understand/
We can’t afford a dream this time, we really need a plan/
Only a fool placates to the morality of people who have yet to face their own innate brutality/
And if we really wanted liberty as a reality/
We wouldn’t ask permission to protect our own vitality/
Chorus:
Rise, Fight, Grow, Repeat
Rise, Fight, Grow, Repeat
Rise, Fight, Grow, Repeat
Rise and Grow
Rise, Fight and Grow
Verse 2:
Imagine having a stranger stab you in the back/
Knife all twisted up to leave a trail of blood to track/
Then the next day, they invite you out to eat/
Acting like ain’t nothing happen, knife still planted nice and deep/
I can’t think of any f**ing thing more insulting/
Besides the people who sit down to eat and feel exalted/
Thick lips, big back, fit for just a savage/
Fast forward white girls buy ‘em–they the baddest/
We could’ve taken up arms but didn’t take a look/
Cuz while this sh*t went down our heads were stuck inside the Book/
Praying to a god who saw the chains and turned away/
Much like the people he’s protected up until this day/
Coulda had our own Wakanda and built a nation/
But we chose integration begging for representation/
We like equality, but prefer to be the token/
Narcissism is rewarded by the cultures of the broken/
A smile on a black face is revolutionary/
But a smile that remains conscious is luminary/
So be angry–but never let ‘em steal your joy/
Be peaceful, but prepare to deploy/
Don’t mistake the words that I’m sayin’ in this song/
We can still win but can’t repeat what we did wrong/
It’s not a sorry regret, but it’s a call-to-action/
To put excuses down and finally make our visions happen/
Chorus:
Rise, Fight, Grow, Repeat
Rise, Fight, Grow, Repeat
Rise, Fight, Grow, Repeat
Rise and Grow
Rise, Fight and Grow
Adlibs:
Wonder why they keep challenging our basic right to live/
Some of these supremacists are out here wearing melanin/
Narcissism is rewarded by the cultures of the broken/
We can still win—it’s a call-to-action/
*Preacher *
Make no mistake about it that God will handle your enemies/
God said love thy enemies as you love yourself, can I get an Amen?/
This young man may be gone today but tomorrow, we will see justice!/
This young man died in a tragic way but I believe that God has a plan!/
RISE. FIGHT
*dialogue scene*
Mother: I just want justice for my son
Officer: On the ground now!
Boy: Come on man, let me go!
Officer: Get on the ground!
Mother: He never bothered nobody, he was a good kid
Officer: He’s resisting, hold him down!
Boy: Come on man, that hurts!
Mother: But I have to forgive them for what they’ve done
Officer: Hold him down!
Boy: I can’t breathe
Mother: Because they’re gonna have to live with that for the rest of their lives
Boy: I can’t breathe
RISE, FIGHT, AND GROW
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Rise
Release Year: 2021