(Yeah, yeah)
Yo, we gotta speak on this (uh)
Centuries of pain, motherfuckers
From the Olmecs to the Moors
We been through wars
Twisted history
They slap labels, scars (fuck 'em)
Negroes, colored
Mulatto, we rise (we rise)
They try to kill us
But we open our eyes (open 'em)
Matamoros, killer
Of the black man's dream (dream)
Saint James on the quest
Blood on the scene (scene)
Spillin' truth like wine
Easter's lies revealed (fuckin' lies)
Conquest, subjugation
Wounds never healed (never healed)
History bleeds
Can't erase the past (nah)
We stand tall
Resilience gonna last (uh)
From the shadows of pain
We rise up fast (fast)
Indigenous blood
We built to outlast (outlast)
Indian Removal
Breakin' down our pride (fuck 'em)
Kids torn from families
Cultures died (died)
Misrepresented
Textbooks full of lies (lies)
But we survive
Resilience in our eyes (in our eyes)
Matamoros in Mexico
The names hold pain (pain)
Reconquista's mission
Dark history remains (remains)
Shanghaiing men
Labor on the seas (seas)
Oppression worldwide
Bringin' nations to knees (to knees)
History bleeds
Can't erase the past (nah)
We stand tall
Resilience gonna last (uh)
From the shadows of pain, we rise up fast (fast)
Indigenous blood
We built to outlast (outlast)
Survivin' through the genocide
Cultures intact (intact)
Oral stories, beaded timelines
We fight back (fight back)
Australia to Brazil
We been here for centuries (centuries)
Resilient spirits, fightin'
Against their treacheries (treacheries)
Shanghai tunnels
Underground cells (cells)
Kidnapped, enslaved
History's hells (hells)
But we strong
Warriors of our tribes (tribes)
Resistin' every attack
Spirit never dies (never dies)
Biblical parallels
Jacob and Esau's fight (fight)
We endure
Through the darkest night (night)
Identity erased
But we reclaim our names (names)
Indigenous pride
Igniting flames (flames)
History bleeds
Can't erase the past (nah)
We stand tall
Resilience gonna last (uh)
From the shadows of pain
We rise up fast (fast)
Indigenous blood
We built to outlast (outlast)
