[Intro]
B  A/C#    B  A/C#
        Ah
 
 
[Verse 1]
          B
I'm goin' back to the South
                A/C#
I'm goin' back, back, back, back
                     B
Where my roots ain't watered down
                       A/C#
Growin', growin' like a Baobab tree
           B                                A/C#
Of life on fertile ground, ancestors put me on game
              B                      N.C.
Ankh charm on gold chains, with my Oshun energy, oh
B                   A/C#
Drip all on me, woo, Ankh or the Dashiki print
B                                  N.C.
Hol' up, don't I smell like such a nag champa incense?
B                     A/C#
Yeah, pure ice (Ice), ice (Ice),  buss down
B                                A/C#
Uh, flooded (Flooded), flooded (Flooded), on my wrist, out
B                        A/C#
Ooh, goin' up, goin' up, motherland, motherland drip on me
B                         A/C#
Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like
B                            A/C#
Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me
B                            A/C#       N.C.       B
Ooh, yeah, I can't forget my history is her-story, yeah
             A/C#                             B
Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad
           A/C#
Yeah, they always mad, yeah
 
 
B                A/C#                              B
  Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad
         N.C.
And they always have been
 
 
[Chorus]
       B                             A/C#
Honey, come around my way, around my hive
               B              A/C#
Whenever momma says so, momma say
       B                          A/C#
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
        B                                     A/C#
Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)
              B                        A/C#
You hear them swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite
            B                             A/C#
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
 
 
[Verse 2 tabbed by bizzlex94]
B                     A/C#
  Yeah, yeah, I'm for us, all black
          B
All chrome (Yeah), black-owned (Yeah)
           A
Black tints (Yeah), matte black (Yeah, yeah)
            B
Roll by, my window down, let 'em see who in it
        A/C#
Crack a big smile (Ding)
           B
Go figure, me and Jigga, fifty 'leven children
            A/C#
They like, "Chick, how?"
            B                      A/C#
I charge my crystals in a full moon
                                           B
You could send them missiles, I'ma send my goons
A/C#
 Baby sister reppin' Yemaya (Yemaya)
      B
Trust me, they gon' need an army (Ah)
A/C#
Rubber bullets bouncin' off me (Ah)
B
Made a picket sign off your picket fence (Ah)
A/C#
Take it as a warning (Ah, ah)
            B
Waist beads from Yoruba (Woo)
            A/C#
Four hunnid billi', Mansa Musa (Woo)
      B
Straw line to the barbeque
                A/C#
Put us any-damn-where, we gon' make it look cute
         B
Pandemic fly on the runway, in my hazmat
         A/C#
Judgin', runnin' through the house to my art, all black
  B
Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat
   A/C#
(Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat)
        B
Hold my hands, we gon' pray together
    A/C#
Lay down, face down in the gravel
             B
Woo, wearin' all attire white to the funeral
            A/C#
Black love, we gon' stay together
          B
Curtis Mayfield on the speaker (Woo)
                     A/C#
Lil' Malcolm, Martin mixed with momma Tina (Woo)
        B
Need another march, lemme call Tamika (Woo)
     A/C#
Need peace and reparation for my people (Woo)
B                                  A/C#
Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up (Shrivel up)
B                                    A/C#
Fuck this fade and waves I'ma let it dread all up (Dread all up)
B                             A/C#
Put your fists up in the air, show black love (Show black love)
B                        N.C.
  Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
 
 
[Chorus]
       B                             A/C#
Honey, come around my way, around my hive
               B              A/C#
Whenever momma says so, momma say
       B                          A/C#
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high
            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
        B                                     A/C#
Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)
              B                             A/C#
You hear them swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz)
            B                            A/C#
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
 
 
[Bridge]
       B                              A/C#
We got rhythm (We got rhythm), we got pride (We got pride)
         B                                A/C#
We birth kings (We birth kings), we birth tribes (We birth tribes)
     B                                A/C#
Holy river (Holy river), holy tongue (Holy tongue)
          B                                       A/C#
Speak the glory (Speak the glory), feel the love (Feel the love)
                       B                A/C#
Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
                       B                A/C#
Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
                  B             A/C#
I can't forget my history, it's her-story
B                      N.C.
Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
 
 
[Chorus]
       B                             A/C#
Honey, come around my way, around my hive (My)
               B              A/C#
Whenever momma says so, momma say (Hey, hey)
       B                          A/C#
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high (High)
            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade (Hey, hey, hey)
        B                                     A/C#
Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)
              B                             A/C#
You hear them swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz)
            B                     A/C#
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high
            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade