

Coal Worl
Let a lil light peek from undaneef somewhere an I’m close
Ain’t gone be too long fo I’m right dea with my lil light
Seein what’kuh happen when light git light in da light
I know bright when I see it an dis shine baby
Like dyemen wit coal still wrapped awl roun it
Buncha hard mess keepin aht da light from makin culuh
Who’own luh culuh jumpin ere whicha way
Iffen you had da tools ta free da jewul you’uh do it wonna
Iss jes a luh mo leff anyhih we been chippin at it fro


Up ta Zion
We’yuh marchin marchin up to Zion
Kangs an qwanz crowned proud
Hih steppin somebodies ta look at
Cocked bike like proud birds stru’in
Awl my culud ones what could fly wawk
Duh proceshin is a thang ta putcho eyes on
Makin owah way waylon up dea pu’in feets down
Widaht watchin no stumbles uh no stones
When you wawkin cross shoulders it keep you
A long way from da groun rat nea sky
We’yuh marchin marchin up dat beautifo, dat wundafuh
Choice ta live till you die an b


Awlat Mouf
I gotta lotta mouf you say well I say
Iss bot right I gotta lotta erethang
Thick like dat full like dis way only mine is
Das hih you know dey mines cuz dey full
Wit sparkle an blike gurl majic an deyself
Deez soup cooluz kiss da sky an awlat
Heaven hea my smooches hell hea my smackin
Please buleeh somebody sho nuff crazy bot em, cuz
My lips are love in yo face givin you a cheek ta kiss
Flesh curled up an down till words bounce aht cursive
Poked out till I’m shaped f


Hit Dat
Light up da lowd rapt ruff in purdy brown naycha
Fih up from da top down tudah tip an stay lit
Don't stop git it like you live it
Git it off da block when you need it
Preciate da grit an seed in
Gitcho mine right hine da closed doh
If you’own wont nobody ta know
You luh da smoke dat dance from burnt black
Car’rin vibes on air an shape shiftin
Cuz you can’t deskroy God wit fih when God fih
Might’kuh turn da green to black an gray
Boutcho bess bet is ta try ta change


Deez Fokes
Yo life rilly ain’t shit widaht deez fokes heyun
Swea fo God deez da Blacks uh yo dreams
Dem da ones you heah bot thu somebody else
an laugh an laugh an lissen an lissenin yeen missed a beat
Hih dey rilly do sop up dat good gravy
Dashu soakin up filtered water
Dey been lilli-dillies from da jump
Made in the ghetto bitter sweet cold
Drank dat Kool Aid pahtna
You get’in a wiff uh dey black in da air
You get’in ta see dem at work tats cuvuhed
You waitin fa su’in ta ad


Infomayshin
Fa yo infamayshin ain’t no lackin
No peekin ova no fences waitin at nobody bike dohs
Hopin no dumb junk uh make us nothin
If we ain’t it rat nih let da sky hit da groun
If we ain’t it ain’t no it den
Bess part is we cain help butda be diss way
When we wa’int when you cou’int see right
Imma hatha catch my own eyes from rollin
Girl it was deah den too girl I promise you
Jess quietuh an mo hunched ovuh
Only thang nih when you say shet up
We git up an be tawkin agin


Dethsula
She Dethsula Bey Graves take dis whole worl ta howse
Carry def in huh pockets you might’kuh see fo a dollar
Awlup in da greens an darkuh greens rooted in huh soul
Whateva you’kuh do fa huh she done done an ain’t wont
Bess you jess gih whatseneva she ax fa den git
Whatseneva she got to gih you back uh be worf it
She Lena Brown take da whole dream an sleep in it
Fancy cuvuhs on huh bed an man undaneef em unda Lena
Full bress an behine hair prest aht rill fine
I know ye


Roun da Co'na
Cow'na yea in mango seazins
Swimmin Chrissmiss day
Aht run a gayta zigzag
Stay ahtside an play
Git awl dat ghetto country slang
Ahtcho howse an hood
Say it agin in yo white voice
When dey tell you da tawk good
Kuhbillion cracks an bad come backs
on da blackness uh yo skin
But dark, thick an bowleg
Sustas awlways in
Sho nuff souf but kinda su'in else
We wit erebody but we by ah'self
We'kuh tell if you from heah
From hih you take heat
Aleven monfs skrai


Look At My Face
I got tude in my jit days from my people dem
Look at my face you know what I mean
I got plenny from watchin up
Let yoon do whatchu posed to do
Deya stop a sent’ince in da middle
Let it jess drop at da en
Yoon know wea it went at
You know dayn playin witchoo no mo doh
When dey can’t hardly git a word out
Den dey giiyoo a look dat giyoo da words
Dat fell owfta edge back dea
when dey had some playtime
Sontines yo tude was in da wrong place
Yo Granny don’t woana hea


Strong Ones
Our greatest protectors
are not brolic brothers
Hard in vulnerable places
Frail behind fists
They exist dipped to dripping
in holiness
You hear it in their eyes
Always saying I love you
Always meaning
It takes a village
Then gives much more
In return
For their work is selfless
Knowing God and being humble
is a disciplined abandon
Done for us
Since we can't live
Without them there is no blessing
Being done
If we are anything
We are blessed
To ha