Chrisette Michele Pens New Song about Inauguration Performance

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Chrisette Michele Pens

Your Thoughts?

“I am the black song that Spike Lee wonโ€™t sing
I am the black voice inauguration bells ring
I am the black ep disguising the scared wolf
No I am the black elephant in the red room, scared shook

White House invites me, you can call me their coon
I am the butterfly growing from slaveryโ€™s cocoon
I carry the mantle with God as my goon
He provides the life support, Iโ€™m dying singing his tune

Church folks may not clap, but Iโ€™ll sing there song
Hip hop for Jay Z, now you say You Lost One
R&B for Def Jam, Rich Hipster for Brooklyn
But Spike wonโ€™t pay me, A Crook from Crooklyn

Iโ€™m Still a BLACK GIRL โ€“ MAGIC
Iโ€™m still American โ€“ Tragic
Iโ€™m still Born Again โ€“ Miracle
And Weโ€™re on the border line โ€“ Pinacle

The brink of love or destruction
This is the junction
Will we divide in consumption
Of social media productions
Or will we finally unite
Win the 200 year fight
70โ€™s fists up unite
Or did MLK die for spite
No political genius
But I wonโ€™t let this defeat us
I refuse to back down
Iโ€™ll use my art as my crown
And you can call me your fool
Rehearse lines you didnโ€™t learn in school

They wonโ€™t be my definition
Or defining moment, Not my vision
Or my anger, I wonโ€™t own it
Or my prison, Nope wonโ€™t condone it

They will be my ammunition
To fight the system
We will win them
Hope is alive
This is my stand in

For John Lewis
And Ben Carson
Quest Love, Spike Lee
And before them
I wonโ€™t divide now
Thatโ€™s not smart now
God before me
I wonโ€™t back down

This is MY damn America now
Came on a boat
Now Iโ€™ll Rock It
Gave me the mic
Now Iโ€™ll Rock It
Gave me the vote
Didnโ€™t profitโ€ฆ And Iโ€™m NO POLITICAL GENIUS
But these ainโ€™t politics as usual
Iโ€™m no mad dog but I rebel
May I revel
In the freedom of speech

In the art standing for peace
Basquiat style Paint streets
On the front lines
Letโ€™s meet
We can sing one song
Victory
And one anthem
Land of the free
As one army
You and Me
A political genius
Iโ€™ll never be
#NoPoliticalGenius”

 

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