Moor Mother, Lojii, Saydah Ruz - Shekere

[00:01.58] Gather in a circle, my purpose [00:04.50] My collective work (yeah, here we go) [00:08.81] My responsibility to the Earth, to the hurt [00:12.81] I rework, self-determination, shootout my- [00:18.12] We will outlast, rise up from the past [00:20.10] Our future sway with that ass [00:22.86] Guess we Osiris in Cali now [00:25.03] We rise up, who gon' hold us down? [00:27.13] Black fist and golden crown, ancient sound [00:29.76] They can't hold us down [00:31.30] (Shek, shek, shek, shek, shek, shek, shek) [00:33.62] Shekere [00:35.34] They put the pain on me [00:37.11] They put the shame on me [00:39.35] They were afraid of me (shekere) [00:43.23] Shake it off, all my pain [00:45.67] Open up my arms underneath the rain [00:48.42] Saying as it feels when the music playing [00:51.44] Drowning out my day, I let it wash away [00:54.03] Gotta stop trying to carry all the pain [00:55.93] One glass nigga, nothing carry all the rain [00:58.81] Can't be afraid to drown when the flood come [01:01.05] Know this steady flow better than a lump sum [01:03.58] Piling up your plague on your bum-bum [01:05.80] Money stress, got too much dip on your chip, but yum-yum [01:08.99] Yeah, be my guest, do what you gotta do [01:10.88] Don't let it get stuck in your chest though [01:12.86] You gotta stretch [01:15.25] I shake it off, all my pain [01:17.80] Open up my arms underneath the rain [01:20.35] Saying is it feeling? Is the music graying? [01:23.61] Drowning out my day, I let it wash away [01:26.20] (Shek, shek, shek, shek, shek, shek, shek) [01:29.95] Shekere, shekere [01:32.33] Shekere, shekere [01:34.83] Shekere, shekere (shek, shek, shek, shek, shek) [01:37.04] (I have the pain on me) [01:38.39] (I have the shame on me) [01:40.34] (They put the blame on me) [01:42.29] Shekere, shekere [01:44.44] Shekere, shekere [01:47.45] (They sent the beast on me) [01:49.39] (They seem to hate on me) [01:51.10] (They ain't the one for me) [01:55.26] (They ain't the one for me) [02:00.85] (They sent the beast on me) [02:03.02] Guess we Osiris in Cali now [02:05.33] Rise up, who gon' hold us down? [02:07.27]