BLACK ANTHEM

let me see your hands up
it’s a Black anthem
it’s the gangsta rap single 
on your honky tonk album
it’s got a little Doctor King 
and alot of Brother Malcolm

ever since i was 17 
ive had the same insane dream
about a red white and blue machine 
that feeds on Black screams
until i pull out a taser and a luger 
i stun uncle sam 
and i shoot freddie krueger (bang bang)
i shout forgive us mother mary 
by any means necessary 
i start riffing and rapping in latin 
and then i enter the dragon 
i move like a phantom 
ripping villains at random 
screaming this is not a tantrum 
it’s the black anthem

let me see your hands up
it’s the Black anthem
it’s the hot trap single 
on your cold country album
it’s got a little Doctor King 
but more like Brother Malcolm

ok so nobody panic
even though i know 
the dream might be drastic 
damn it i wake up feeling fantastic 
like i’m not that kid the man abandoned 
im the man that kid imagined 
and this man don’t have tantrums
he issues memorandums
and writes Black anthems
 
let me see your hands up
it’s a Black anthem
it’s the gangsta rap single 
on your honky tonk album
it’s got a little Doctor King 
and alot of Brother Malcolm

Black Anthem

Najib Tabri