OCTAVIA - Jamila Woods
Lyrics by:Jamila Woods
Composed by:Jamila Woods
Don't ever let a textbook scare you
You the missing piece OG technology they stole you
Don't ever let 'em knock the way you talk
The language you evolve your natural genius
Merch it
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I'm the truth I am a fact
They lie on me I have to laugh
I write it down it happens next
So be it see to it
I'm the truth I am a fact
They lie on me I have to laugh
I write it down it happens next
So be it see to it
It used to be the worst crime to write a line
Our great great greats risked their lives learned letters fireside
Like a seat on a bus like heel in a march
Like we holdin' a torch it's our inheritance
They tease our pronunciations then try to mimic our greatness
We are a precious creation our black has no imitation
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I'm the truth I am a fact
They lie on me I have to laugh
I write it down it happens next
So be it see to it
I'm the truth I am a fact
They lie on me I have to laugh
I write it down it happens next
So be it see to it