BLACKFLORIDA 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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