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The mercenary don't fight the war for free They fight the war for a currency, not unity, not peace Bookkeepers with information that covers all of these details Fake news won't prevail if we holdin' the keys Land of the free, enslaved by the false pretence They attack and we play defence How do I make you see sense? Have all of your thoughts deepened? Test your beliefs If thе law ain't for us, who's policin' the police? Who's increasin' all thеir fees? Listenin' to their speeches How many times did we march with no shoes on? No J's or Louboutin Been beaten on, we been chewed on But it happened years ago, so we should just move on You think that man don't know pain 'cause he got a suit on? 'Cause he finally got a plate that he can now have food on? Tellin' me that luck isn't everybody's friend But, really, you can't fathom that my tree now has fruit on Don't get me irate in this climate, it's heatin' up in that plane now Can't fly straight, I might up and migrate Turbulence results in your mind racin', prone to dehydration Runnin' 'cause you want freedom, don't die chasin' This is post-apocalyptic where we stand You wanna give us the Bible and have us give up the land They will dangle the carrot when nothin' is in your hand SongtexteAnd tell you never to worry, "it's all just part of the plan" Fuck what you got planned, your wish isn't my command These people are not your friends, I finally understand They wanna divide you and close people in your set 'Cause when you're winnin' together, that's bigger than any check One day, you'll love my pain One day, you'll love my pain I need you, Lord I need you, Lord (I need you, Lord) I need you, Lord Undervalued, under-appreciated in the workplace Why give you my ideas in the first place? Know how you contribute, they tell you "describe how" You ask for a pay rise and they raisin' they eyebrows Why does my Blackness have to come with a fight now? I'm peaceful at heart, but I suggest you pipe down I'm not ashamed of the soil that I'm made of Brave woman, my granddaddy is where I got my name from You don't know me well enough to call me "Simbi" The closest people to me actually call me "Simz" Apart from my family, in a lovin' capacity I could never sell my soul for a salary, no They want everything I own, the audacity Try somethin' and test your mortality That there is a tragedy Oh, you mad how I clocked it and I got here? Mentally takin' back my power and I'm signin' out, respectfully One day, you'll love my pain One day, you'll love my pain Protect me, Lord (Protect me, Lord) Protect me, Lord (I need you, Lord) Protect me, Lord Protect the body, protect the mind No, God makin' sure my blessings are perfectly timed We, as a people, die over pride Those handouts are never options where we reside And I still gotta provide What a mess I'm in, wonder if it's 'cause I been westernised? Speakin' to the suits, they never give you the best advice A lesson I've learnt the hard way Emphasise real, recognise real, then you become weaponised Oh, please step aside if you're not fightin' the war with us How do you become numb to a genocide? Can't you see that everything we feelin' is intensified? Bleedin' straight from the heart, leave you painfully scarred Many say rehabilitation is hard Use all your vices and escape through the dark Runnin' away from the childhood trauma So, tryna get clean's soundin' like torture I'm somebody's daughter I'm somebody's sister, I'm somebody's friend You don't see me how they see me, you see money you could spend Took me some years to comprehend Which led me to writin' the realest shit ever penned God said, "It's time to give them some gems" Switch your perspective, how you look at it through my lens They can never fool me again Never silenced, I'ma speak my truth till the end (The Lord is with you, dear) One day, you'll love my pain One day, you'll love my pain I need you, Lord (Lord) I need you, Lord (I need you, Lord) I need you, Lord (Lord) I need you, Lord (I need you, Lord) I need you, Lord (Lord) I need you, Lord (I need you, Lord) I need you, Lord (You'll never be alone) (The Lord is with you, dear) (The Lord is with you) Aus Songtexte Mania