OCTAVIA - Jamila Woods

Don’t ever let a textbook scare you

You the missing piece, OG technology, they stole you

Don’t ever let 'em knock the way you talk

The language you evolve your natural genius

Merch it

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

I’m the truth, I am a fact

They lie on me, I have to laugh

I write it down, it happens next

So be it, see to it

(Their science is a-lyin' on me and you

That don’t make it true)

I’m the truth, I am a fact

They lie on me, I have to laugh

I write it down, it happens next

So be it, see to it

(Their science is a-lyin' on me and you

That don’t make it true)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

It used to be the worst crime to write a line

Our great great greats risked their lives, learned letters fireside

Like a seat on a bus, like a heel in a march

Like we holdin' a torch, it’s our inheritance

They tease our pronunciations then try to mimic our greatness

We are a precious creation, our black has no imitation

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

I’m the truth, I am a fact

They lie on me, I have to laugh

I write it down, it happens next

So be it, see to it

(Their science is a-lyin' on me and you

That don’t make it true)

I’m the truth, I am a fact

They lie on me, I have to laugh

I write it down, it happens next

So be it, see to it

(Their science is a-lyin' on me and you

That don’t make it true)