Snake Facts

We slither and slide and sink and slam and

Hurt ourselves then don’t understand

We pop and we jūg and we dis and we dat

And we can’t understand why we jump like that

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You dis me so I kill you

I dis you so you kill me

We all do dis and we all sweat flack

We black on black like yellow on black

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chorus:

at each other—it’s a fact

on our brothers—it’s a fact

fail our mothers—it’s a fact

to each other—that’s that

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Black on black is the darker track

We gotta be up to cover our back

We brace our back and take up the slack

To back the attack—thatsa fact

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White Man freed the slaves, so what?

Put us in the autoclave, so what?

We hold our brothers back, that’s us!

Ridin’ shotgun in the back o' the bus

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chorus:

Red on black—venom lack—thatsa fact

Yellow on black—watch your back—thatsa fact

Black on yellow—kill a fellow—it’s a fact

Black on black, blood-curdling howl—racial feedback

—thatsa fact

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Diversity ain' diverse to us

Lookin' at y'all from the back o' the bus

Inclusion is exclusion from us

And equality's the lie we suss

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Ambition's got blinders on our eyes

'Cause we the people is you people

And created for the promise o' lies

While we singin' from the nave to the steeple

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Chorus:

at each other—it’s a fact

on our brothers—it’s a fact

fail our mothers—it’s a fact

to each other—that’s that

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We sleaze and hide and slink and scam and

Dis ourselves in reprimand

We shuck and we jive and we don' represent

When we shoulda coulda woulda more self-intent

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You see me when I hear you

I see you when you hear me

We both invisible, deaf, and dumb, too

We black on black like itsa way to be

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chorus:

at each other—it’s a fact

on our brothers—it’s a fact

fail our mothers—it’s a fact

to each other—that’s that

.

Black on black is holdin' us back

We gotta be fast on the outer track

We pace ourselves by watchin' behind

Those once ahead o' us—thatsa fact.

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Black Man freed himself, so what?

When fightin' ourselves, so what?

Push ourselves ahead, not back!

We paid the fare from the back o' the bus.

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chorus:

Red on black—venom lack—thatsa fact

Yellow on black—watch your back—thatsa fact

Black on yellow—kill a fellow—it’s a fact

Black on black, blood-curdling howl—racial feedback

—thatsa fact

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The porch is a prison with a lotta steps

Don't sink into your seat in the back o' the cart

We're better than that, better than the rest

'Cause we work the headwind instead o' a headstart

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Agendas are tricks, hidden from view

By the folks who say there's a plan for you

By your own design, press on

By ignorin' how you were born

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Chorus:

at each other—it’s a fact

on our brothers—it’s a fact

fail our mothers—it’s a fact

to each other—that’s that