Kendall Ashton - Dear Black People... Lyrics

Hey Family
How yall feeling
Alright now
Black is beautiful
Black is exuberant
Black is original
Black is strong kind and forgiving not callous
Yet we all know we've been experiencing some callous times
And I wanted to use a loving space to address some of those callous things
No man or woman is exempt
And I send this message with devoted intent
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Dear Black Women
Us black men see you
You came a long way forever our equal
When we was down
You fought our wars with the straight backs
I hope this message is a formal means of pay back

You deserve the recognition and acknowledgment
You deserve all your flowers every compliment
We know you tired as shit
That laundry list growing thicker everyday in his absence he don't commit

In the fall raking leaves growing muscle though
In the winter hauling salt so you can shovel snow
Hit the market to pick the f*cking groceries
Just to cook a single meal
Lonely on your solely
Staying cleaned and organized be the baseline
Until you take the trash out and then you realize

You out your soft girl era
Baby
You slightly aggressive
And them doors ain't gon open themselves
It's a shame you got to pull chairs out with no help

She take a heel off to drive
Pumping gas herself
Looking good in that dress
Just to please herself
That plastic in her bedroom affect her mental health

Yearning for the real thing
But Nighas extra scary
They either broke with hella time or they chasing money
Maybe they sex is phony personality ugly
They not ascetically pleasing
They community demons
They not enough for your friends
They not enough in your skin
They still active on hinge
Umm

It's giving streets though
You give a nigha a chance
You in a loop hole
You tell that man in advance
You not a silly hoe
Until you the lead star cast in his silly show

Dear black man I see your efforts
I'm one of you brother I feel what's happening
Our only safe spaces use to be the titty bar
The more you pay the more they listen it's not really hard
You pay the bills nope that's not enough
You chase a dream nope you chasing sluts
You educated nope you think you all that
And what you worth if you can't change a flat
Nothing

They us give nothing
So we leave something
They shoot us
And publicize it as much as they want it
Our pain
Don't mean a thing
So what you crying for
You lack the skills to express yourself
You zero to a Rambo

To love your wife and children
Try to heal first
That inner hate only hurt the ones that's really close
I love my brothers to death
But not to kill a bro
You love your brothers to death
So much you'll take a soul

Nobody perfect
So be brave to explore the you
Our women need us
But want man that's accountable
I know it's hard and you'll be ard
In the long run
Just take a break in between
Life's a marathon

Don't be the one that crash out before your run is done
Don't self destruct you make the oops job easier
I love my people and want my people to grow and glow
I love my people and want my people to grow and glow
I cry a tear hope yall hear
No gilly wallo
I cry a tear hope yall hear
No gilly wallo

Black is beautiful
Black is exuberant
Black is original
Black is strong kind and forgiving not callous