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For My People ft. Siri Imani

from Keep Rollin' On by Wave Parker

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Yessuh
Wavy
Tell me
Is this all just for self-gratification in what you do
Or are you tryna put other people on?
Are you tryna do it for yo’ community?
Yafeelme
That’s real playa shit right there
You gon’ put on for ya kids
For the generations to come
You gon’ put on for the ancestors that paved the way for you
Yafeelme
Yadigg
Listen
Do this for yo’ people and if you ain’t
You just a bitch ass nigga
Yafeelme

This for my people
Everything I am, everything I see, how I came to be
Know I got it from my people
So it’s a must I put on since they do us wrong; if I got it
Then you know I’m ridin’ for my people
Ain’t no other way, gotta make the shift in these days
Gotta do it for my people
When it comes to life’s game, can’t put my ancestors to shame
Know I do it for my people

Everybody got a role in the revolution
If you can’t tell yo’ kids what you done, then what you doin’?
The way shit been goin’ got my folk in ruins
It’s time we rise up and keep the generations pushin’
I would never feel right if my village ain’t right
Strip us of our resource to pillage us day and night
This is Black power, already know my life matters
I ain’t gon’ beg a mufucka to sit down and chat about it
All I hear is lies and pandering in the politics
They one of the same; Democrats and Republican
Keepin’ us stuck in a disadvantage
Move the finish line as soon as they see us advancin’
Got the Sambo’s kissin’ the ass and tap dancin’
Perpetuate stigmas, taintin’ our interactions
No matter what’s forced against us, we keep movin’
Can’t feel successful for myself unless I do it

For my people
When the livelihood’s at stake for ya folks tell me what’s it gonna take just to do it
For my people
Ain’t no other way, promise ain’t no cap in what I say Know I do it

This for my people
Everything I am, everything I see, how I came to be
Know I got it from my people
So it’s a must I put on since they do us wrong; if I got it
Then you know I’m ridin’ for my people
Ain’t no other way, gotta make the shift in these days
Gotta do it for my people
When it comes to life’s game, can’t put my ancestors to shame
Know I do it for my people

Is you helpin’, or you hurtin?
You aware, then you gon’ ask yourself.
I broke my back was carrying the world like I ain’t need no help
All my events free, put the pressure on myself
Rather tax them rich niggas, tell my people bring theyself
I’m the goat, check the score
I don’t walk, I just float
Yeah, I’m stacked up like a stallion and I always drive the boat
Fighting monsters in my city, you would think I’m Yu-Gi-Oh
All the shit that I done seen, nigga, you could never know
Look
You could not imagine what I did for brighter days
Ask TJ
It got dark, we had to find some better ways
Now my head high, look around at all the shit we changed
I don’t do what y’all gon’ do for clout, we are not the same
All my niggas had it rough now they all okay
I don’t just pray for ya, I’ma get you paid
I’ll find yo’ ass like loose change
I’ll run to yo’ ass like Usain
I’ll save yo’ ass like Bruce Wayne
I’ll get ya introduced to the Triiibe way
They never looked at us as equal
So what I do
I gotta do it

For my people
When the livelihood’s at stake for ya folks tell me what’s it gonna take just to do it
For my people
Ain’t no other way, promise ain’t no cap in what I say Know I do it

This for my people
Everything I am, everything I see, how I came to be
Know I got it from my people
So it’s a must I put on since they do us wrong; if I got it
Then you know I’m ridin’ for my people
Ain’t no other way, gotta make the shift in these days
Gotta do it for my people
When it comes to life’s game, can’t put my ancestors to shame
Know I do it for my people

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from Keep Rollin' On, released October 12, 2022
Siri Imani

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Wave Parker Cincinnati, Ohio

An artist from Cincinnati, OH, Wave Parker brings funk and soul into the mix of southern influenced, trunk bangin', slab swangin' hip hop tunes. He speaks on lifestyle enhancement and self-care for the everyday person. "I want people, especially those who have the odds stacked against them, to feel like they can do anything they put their mind to when I'm playing. You only fail when you give up" ... more

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