It's OK To Be Black 2.0 - Jac Ross/D Smoke/Buddy

Lyrics by：Rodney Jerkins/Marvin Tony Hemmings/Jeremiah Ross/Mezo Riccio/Jared Thorne/Daniel Farris/Simmie Sims

Composed by：Rodney Jerkins/Marvin Tony Hemmings/Jeremiah Ross/Mezo Riccio/Jared Thorne/Daniel Farris/Simmie Sims

The world will judge you

But God knows your heart

Black prayers from past years gon' settle in

God is readin' the letters that we been mailin' in

Melanin skin deep they like to meddle in

And put they knife to our wound sharp on the metal end

Metaphorically speakin' I'm at a world peace

I met a girl who was weepin'

And made her pearl cheeks glisten

But no one listen her curled kinks

Cover her brilliant mind

Resilient kind adapted chameleon find

Fillin' lines with lyrics still couldn't

Do justice when touchin' her spirit

Because she function from an unction

Good luck with appearance

The surface ain't just where her worth is

'Cause her perseverance made it work when it didn't

Walked the Earth with a vengeance

Chocolate Hersheys goddess with posture defyin' the physics

Of gravity how she still laugh when her people were pillaged

But from the steeple and the mountain top Jack

She still gon' say it proudly I'm black

Don't cry brother it's okay to be black

And don't cry baby it's okay to be black

Get up my son nothing can hold you back

And don't cry children it's okay to be black

Shine shine shine you're bautiful inside yeah

Hey rise up rise up don't you know you can fly

Lookin' at this generation feelin' hopeless

Lookin' 'cross my shoulder keep my eyes open

Keep my mind focus ain't no hocus-pocus

'Cause when it's all said and done

They will all know us

Tryna bring us down keep us at our lowest

You thought you broke us ha-ha but you woke us

Be a leader not a follower a modern day Moses

I'm the water to the seeds that become roses

Black and beautiful black

Head to my cuticles

Darkness is what I'm movin' through black

They want my eyes wide shut that's just the usual back

How have I not died yet

They tryna take my neck and put that s**t through a noose

Black on black on black black on black

Black my skin is so black

Black don't crack that's why they gave us crack

Now look where we at

Once I get some reperation racks watch how I react

Keep that income tax I need forty acres in the pack

Don't let no one put you down

Let me see your smile let me see your smile

Don't cry brother it's okay to be black it's okay

And don't cry baby it's okay to be black

Get up my son nothing can hold you back

And don't cry children it's okay to be black

Shine shine shine you're bautiful inside

Rise up rise up hey don't you know you can fly

Shine shine you're bautiful inside

Shine shine you're bautiful inside

Shine shine you're bautiful inside

Shine shine you're bautiful inside