Black As Heaven by Sho Baraka, Mag.44

Juneteenth - Faith & Freedom by Various Artists

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Black As Heaven
by Sho Baraka, Mag.44

Album: Juneteenth - Faith & Freedom

Intro
In His image He made us, and it is black as heaven
I've been kissed by the sun, and I am black as heaven
My laugh, my joy, my persevere is black as heaven

Verse 1: Sho Baraka
Our Father who art in heaven
Beat the drum, Kingdom come, will be done
Holiness and grace and love blesses us
May I raise the blacker son
From rich and slum, smart then dumb
We don't bag, we offer our daily bread
We don't find, You don't lie, You provide
On the sparrow You got eyes
Devil doubles down to trouble man
I humbly stand with the double-edge
Here's the truth, cross the line
If he false, cut you off, watch your head
Black is cold, black as gold, can't be sold
They just wanna mine my soul
Hot or cold, God's involved, three in one
I'm tryna learn my foes
We Joseph with the dream
Matsumoto with the cream
Make your name more complete
Martin Luther with the King
Gimme a Sonic, gimme Lalibela
Gimme Yahweh, He'll never fail us
Gimme a choir, praise Him with the fire
I'ma hail You, choir singin' acapella
Medititation over medication
Hardened head with my education
More melanated than Athanasius
I'm retroactive with the reparations
This handmade, this Pentecost
This rock Humes, this axle
Hair wool, feed the Bronx
Lord of Lord bein' tattooed

Chorus: Sho Baraka
This black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bust (Bust)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
This black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bust (Bust)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
You can't gentrify heaven, nah
You can't gentrify heaven, nah, nah, nah
You can't gentrify heaven
You can't gentrify heaven, nah

Verse 2: Sho Baraka
The third part of schools, George with the tools
Walkin' for the fools, had to cook a stew
Wasn't takin' notes, start singin' blues
Lee Patterson preachin' to the pews
Black as the soil that nourish the crops
Black as the coil that nap on my locks
Black as introductions, I don't need instructions
I just need a nod, that means a lot
We just change it up, dap, dap, dap
Fizz locks then move on
Mother, father, sibling, newborn
Black as heaven, where is you from?
Righteousness is the ambience
Yo' ignorance I am way beyond
Your approval's late, I know I'm great
Your acceptance I ain't waitin' on
Can't erase the face of a global faith
Tell your neighbor "Praise the Lord"
Every tribe, every race, ride the wave
God is faithful, all aboard
Black, brown, yellow, white, Creole
Prophet, poor, teacher, preacher, greo
Take your lies, sacred crimes
Close your eyes and take your life all the way to Gio

Chorus: Sho Baraka
This black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bust (Bust)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
This black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bust (Bust)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven

Verse 3: Mag44
It's Mister Mag, uh
Turnin' up, twenty-five seconds
I be chillin' in the black heaven
Future, past and present
Time's irrelevant where my God's reverent
Free will, I am legend
Free will, yeah, it's life sentence
Zero to hundred in five seconds
How we turn it up, clean on the outside
But the dirty cups, that's who our babies are learnin' from
Want a Bible, my baby, you Fetty Wap
Be right, grace and peace
Bad luck but yes and please
Evolvin' now where we did achieve
The room, the window, yeah
Black or white, Jew or Gentile
This is the Kingdom, black as heaven

Chorus: Sho Baraka
This black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bust (Bust)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
This black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bust (Bust)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven
Black as heaven
Black as heaven, black as heaven
(Woo, woo)
This black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bust (Bust)
It's always God we trust (Trust)
This black truth, look it up (Up)
Black as heaven, look at us (Us)
From the boats to the bust (Bust)
It's always God we trust