Lyrics: Greyson Roy Gritt/Kim Villagante
Music: Greyson Roy Gritt
You ask for a seat and there’s no room
You walk their path but you can’t come through
You ask to be heard and you’re being rude
If you raise your voice then they might shoot
Even when you can’t feel it, baby
Know that they’re a part of you
Don’t you know you’re that you’re sacred, baby
And our ancestors are holding you
They tell you it’s in your bones
They trigger your thirst to make you drink
They say that you’re breaking your own homes
Put holes in your family to watch you sink
Even when you can’t feel it, baby
Know that they’re a part of you
Don’t you know you’re that you’re sacred, baby
And our ancestors are holding you
Ha ha you
Ha ha you
Ha ha you
Ha ha you
Ha ha you
Ha ha you
Ha ha you
Ha ha
And I can't hide
Even if I try
I'm their spitting image
You can see it in my eyes
Even in the pain
I can feel it in my bones
And the game
That unlocks the code I am
Livin’ without fear
Like the auto save
Not tryin’ to save the day
Something poppin’ in my D-N-A
Drop it on the first take
Diasporic ways
Give thanks for my fam
Who do not uphold the state
String of lights illuminate
From an East to West stage
Rock out don't wait
Dropping my hips
We're not in this to get rich
We dodge the passive shit with grit
Take the knowledge
Out of my pocket
On to the next
Aw aw on to the next
Don’t play their game.
When they see you own it they’ll steal your moves
Keep holding on to those deep roots.
One day you’ll be ancestors too.
Even when you can’t feel it, baby
Know that they’re a part of you
Don’t you know you’re that you’re sacred, baby
And our ancestors are holding you
Ha ha you
Ha ha you
Ha ha you