Black Genius - Akua Naru

Mmino o nfodisitse, watseba

Ha ngata ne ke utlwa pelo yaka e tetebetse

E tetebetse

Ke sena ho tseba hore na eng ke eng

Empa moreteto wa skupu le mantswi

Wa mpha monyetla wa hore ke ikelellwe hape hape

Ke ithate hape hape

Ke tsibe hore

This that shit for rap addicts, uh

Malcolm told you the bullet’d cast ballots, power in mathematics

Rap like a sister who walked, divorce marriage

Talk to these poor off, pen stroke enforce damage

'Nita Baker on vinyl, Ralph Angel on my mattress

Whisper in my ear, twerk for me, get ratchet

Queen of sugar cane, no half-steppin' on the matchet

Black as the nigga recountin' what had happen, Lord

The calm lyricist back on the atlas

Back-pin the sound waves to offset the balance

Facts got the heatwave, keep mortal men gathered

Talkin' 'bout the blackest joy, you gotta have it

Smooth as Ella, melanated to the snob level

Another flight delay over so the God bless you

said it be years just for the hard questions

Why you should never bite the slave hand that breastfed you

Heart of Harriet, mind the shrine for ancestors

Backside commodified by these trend-setters

My little sister still cry though Daddy been left us

Guess time don’t heal it all, message

His Lord’s lessons we can’t ignore

Don’t let your tongue run a tab your ass can’t afford

Read Audre Lorde, been on a world tour

Came back for your prodigal metaphor

Infinite repertoire, plus fifty-eleven more

African booty-scratcher, peas in my kitchen, Boy George type

Flamboyant on the record ya’ll been listenin' for

And grindin' on back and forth like a lovers' quarrel

Black women turn me up, this right here for your

Black genius, black genius (Uh)

Uh, big lips and big features, uh

Black genius, black genius (Uh-huh)

Uh, it’s Nabu once again, your, look

Black genius, black genius (Uh-huh, uh)

Uh, most hated 'cause the world wanna be us, yes

Black genius, black genius (Uh-huh)

And joy is power for a people at war, your

Uh, black is that neck, back, elbows and kneecaps

Descriptions of sugar for that diabetes relapse

Epic on the camera, watch that light needle react

Loud mouths turn mime into traps where we be at

Sweetback type cinema, flow be straight enema

Syntax hardcore, '96 Lil' Kim and them

Rap non-linear, time-space continuum

Duke Ellington 'Showboat', and I’ll swing the pendulum

Pandemonium height when 'Ku strikes the pen again

Contenders went apeshit when faced with the penmanship

Head now got wrapped with a neck brace and bandages

Approach the altar, take your hat off when the candles lit

And when today I came, held me close at the border

Tender water broke, it’s an angel call, precious Lord

As our paths crossed last, calloused hands wave, sat

Traveled fast to a light source, Mama screamin'

«Welcome to the world, we gotta another black genius!»

Black genius, black genius

Uh, Kanekalon twists with two fingers, uh

Black genius, black genius (Uh, uh)

Uh, like Wendy Milton on them keys, your, yes

Black genius, black genius (Alright)

Hey, most hated 'cause the world wanna be us, yes

Black genius, black genius (Uh)

And joy is power for a people at war, uh

(Black genius, black genius)

(Black genius, black genius)

(Black genius, black genius)

(Black genius, black genius)

(Black genius, black genius)

(Black genius, black genius)

Power, power, power, power, power, power, power, power, power, power

Power, power

Pow—, p—, p-power, power

P-p-p-p—, power, power, power

Joy is power, power, p-p—

Power, power, j-j-j-j—

Joy is, joy is power

Power, power, power

Joy is

Power, power

Joy is power

And joy is power for a people at war