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black oiler - marinate lyrics

[intro: marinate]
i don’t like the brown paper bag comparison, which conveys
that if you are lighter then the brown paper bag you’re light skin
and if you’re darker, vice versa when it’s all black
loving yourself is not about racism, but race pride
i can love me, without hating you, that’s truth

[chorus: marinate]
skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot it’s royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me
i’m a black oiler see

skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot it’s royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me

[verse 1: marinate]
word
to all my black kin
this skin, designed to win
so swallow ya pride and get in
on what we making
this greatness
staged before the good
and the heinous
and man, they gonna hate you
for being something that they ain’t dude
and this the straight truth
don’t mean to impede
cause i believe
in a system meant to fail
need a will to succeed
revealing something old
it will be new to you
staying true to what i spew
can’t stop me chewing glue
and if they hate ya skin
and it was made to win
why they goin’ tan
to fake it then
how they goin’ stand me
if they don’t over-stand me?
how do i speak my heart
if i wanna hold a grammy?
gotta plan ahead
gotta -n-lyze
gotta look ahead
then i can fantasize

[chorus: marinate]
skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot its royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me
i’m a black oiler b

skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot its royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me
i’m a black oiler b

[verse 2: marinate]
my article ain’t get pu-bli-ca-ted
but its okay man
flows stay
ac-ti-va-ted
and if they judge by the company
you keep
company doing no good
then what’s to really go reap
they say the blacker the berry
then the sweeter the juice
i said they wanna be us
so why you leaving the truth
colorism is a problem
within my own race
got my sisters looking for love
all in the wrong place
i won’t excuse self-pride
in my race
for everything
there’s a time and place
and the time is here
not the time for waste
in this song i share
that we must make haste
man, forreal i’mma enstill
the emmett till story
in ya ears, till i feel
you ain’t floor to ignore me
say i’m black and proud
real loud
only with this phrase
i’ll be well endowed

[chorus: marinate & jaleel green]
skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot its royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me
i’m a black oiler b

skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot its royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me
i’m a black oiler b

[verse 3: marinate]
my momma’s not my sister
did you catch that gist cause
i ain’t tryna be like that guy
on aljazeera
came in the world unaware
of her troubles and struggles
my mama made me hear
and always wear double
i couldn’t sit in chairs
when i met the buckle
hustled, when i was called
with no smirk or chuckle
i was taught better
finished talk, then leaving
walk like a leader
get stalked by heathens
pleading, give the kids
something to believe in
let them know a young
black male can succeed in
today’s society
live in sobriety
remember you ain’t perfect
but always stay tryin b
and kirk mi have
one more ting fi tell him
hold on to no weapon
and don’t become a felon
when you’re in trouble
just count on the lord
oh yeah? you got blocked?
guess what? you still scored
i am

[chorus: marinate & eniyah willingham]
skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot its royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me
i’m a black oiler b

skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot its royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me
i’m a black oiler b

[verse 4: marinate]
no excuse
you know what really hurts
rare to see you at ya best
sometimes you’re seen at ya worst
that’s why you should strive
to do ya best all the time
first day, till you die
no excuse overrides
got something that you wanna be
goals to meet
getting ya family
some property
go live ya dreams
out that match but
put the heat
to ya feet
black oiler b
we all royalty

[chorus: marinate, eniyah willingham, & jaleel green]
skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot its royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me
i’m a black oiler b

skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot its royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me
i’m a black oiler b

[outro: marinate]
i’m proud of myself
i’m proud of everyone who’s help me, you know compile this project
it’s like a pyramid you what i’m saying
working my way to the top, working my way to the top
and when i say the top
it ain’t the top of anything but like
you know my like, spiritual being my spiritual self
like just tryna reach my own pinnacle
you know what i’m saying
it’s not about being the king of anything, you know what i’m saying
it’s really about being the king of myself, knowing myself
to that point where like i can convey a message in a way
that i mean to convey, and i have no restriction on what i mean to say
and i say what i mean, you know what i’m saying, like i live what i mean
(you betta tell em boy)
no regrets in this
shoutout to my momma!
my papa, my lil sister my older sister
shoutout to beop man
it’s been a beautiful time here at bard
this is like
it’s basically the sp-ce that allowed me to produce my project
big shoutout to half-stepper
they on like 5 of these tracks here, or 4
i don’t remember
we got ajani in the building
i know he out here
shoutout to eli
aka josh marks
he always marking the spot that’s a fact
you know what i’m saying
and king josh
he actually a teacher
he just the king of teachers man
that’s a h-ll of a goal right there
shoutout to ana
you know what i’m saying
family regardless man
she’s really a unit unit
shoutout to matias helped with some of this mixing
shoutout to my bosses be signing the checks
you know a young man had to invest in himself
shoutout to project j
i ain’t goin say no names cause
you know if i mess up and miss a name
ya’ll goin be salty
ay man
shoutout to arvin
shoutout to lotus man
i see you blossoming and prospering
like the flower you truly are my brother
always love for all these people
yea you know
cooper on the keys
matty ice on the b-ss
oh david use to be on the b-ss
shoutout to david, he ain’t a half stepper
but he’s still stepping with us, you know what i’m saying
forever and always
and we got preston on these drums
can we get the chorus one more time!
whooooo!

[chorus: marinate]
skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot its royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me
i’m a black oiler b

skin black
that’s the oil in me
worth a lot its royalty
seeing me is owing me
having this joy in me
can’t toy with me
i’m a black oiler b
black

we all royalty
don’t be blinded by the color man
i mean don’t be-
when i say don’t be blinded by the color
make sure you know it’s there but you know what i’m saying, like-
we all royalty none the less
yea man be proud of yourself
be proud of who you are man
live your life, don’t discriminate others man
that’s a life that i don’t wanna live

um
peace and blessings
thank you for digressing
marinate

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