Imani Lenz - Camera Daze Lyrics

Camera Rolling
I'm back again
It's your friendly neighborhood cameraman
I got the plan, I got the plug
I got the camera, I got the tub
I'm taking a bath, I'm making hot
I'm praying to god
I'm willing to give it all I got
I put my camera on the line, get it
I'm spitting the mic, I'm spitting rhythms
I'm splitting compensation
I'm talking nickel and dimes
Download the clip, that's why we monetize our lives
We got it all, I'm talking about the smiles and cries
The truth never lies, we don't discriminate the vibes
Welcome me home with a slice of pie
I'm feeding the homies who willing to eat
Why you think I'm rapping to this beat
For the fame, no I'm trying to elevate your camera game
Get you out of that camera daze
Flip the lens and look into that camera brain
Can't you see the industry been running game
We never had our own by design
They tried to keep us ethnically blind
But Black is back and it's more than hyper-sexualized behinds
We got yogis and entrepreneurs
Cooks and doctors, daddies and mommas
Dang it, I wanna see a Black person petting a llama
I tryna inspire celebration and not the drama
My momma raised me, I'm a child of five
I made peace with my daddy while he still alive
Now I'm on a mission to amplify, Black lives
So I left my nine-to-five
Go listen to my other single called Unify
I been grinding for a while as that camera guy
Same lyrics, but the message still applies
My energy comes from a universal drive
My source code it thrives, I know what I've unlocked
It hidden deep inside
I'm bending so much light that my camera caught on fire
Ancestors please carry me high
Help my camera sting like a bee and float like a butterfly
Believe it or not I met Malcolm X in my dreams
He told me to keep doing my thing
That I can make the world change without a championship ring
I said how do I do the impossible
He said change your words and believe it's more than probable
Build a platform that will make you unstoppable
So massively needed
The industry will have no choice but to feed it
No way they can cheat it
No way they can beat it
Stay humble young brother you're needed
I never knew I'd be rapping to spread the mission
If you have a camera then I hope you can see my camera vision
I'm expanding myself to get you to listen
To reach the people I've been missing
One day I'm going to Africa to feed all my children
Knowledge of themselves
I want all my brothers and sisters to do well
Enhance all your senses even your smell
You still eating that spinach, I'm eating my kale
Now I'm supercharged like supercell
I see you in the future and it's bright
We don't need Dark Knight
We need you to point that camera at some Black folks
And get it right, my camera trapping all night
Cutting up the scenes, more trendy than some rip jeans
Only pg thirteen, wipe the lens and make sure it's clean
I'ma be the one to see if you make it on this camera team
My camera had a dream
It woke up and told me to write this song called Camera Bling
The lyrics said now I'm filming for the team
For my momma and my queen
That statement applies to all the camera friends on the rise
Monetization is good, but preservation is the prize
Your footage will outlive your lives
Don't worry about my follower count
So why don't you give it try
What you got to lose that collectively our people haven't lost
Now's the time to step up and be your own boss, freelancer or agency
Film that stock footage, bridge the gap and fill the vacancies
Give them something cool to see
Let them feel it physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally
This message is coming from a real stock shooter
Coming from Imani Lee