BALDWIN

You don't know a thing about our story,
 Tell it wrong all the time
 Don't know a thing about our glory
 Wanna steal my baby's shine
 All my friends
 Wanna know why you ain't figured it out just yet
 All my friends
 Been reading the books by Morrison and West
 All my friends
 Wanna know why you ain't figured it out just yet
 All my friends
 Been reading the books
 Reading the books you ain't read
 Hey, hey, hey
 Hey, hey, hey
 Somebody's daddy always laid out on the street
 And for what?
 We're on the street
 And for what?
 Your precious lethal fear
 Your precious lethal fear
 You could change a hood just by showing your face
 Condo climbing high, now the block is erased
 (You don't get it, get it)
 You clutch on your purse, now you crossing the street
 Brother caught your eye, now you calling police
 (You don't get it, get it)
 It's a casual violence in your speech and your silence
 It's unnatural science, you too comfortable lying
 We don't go out
 Can't wish us away
 We been burning
 Brighter everyday
 We don't go out
 Can't wish us away
 We been burning
 Brighter everyday
 You don't know a thing about our story,
 Tell it wrong all the time
 Don't know a thing about our glory
 Wanna steal my baby's shine
 All my friends
 Think I should love you anyway
 My friend James
 Says I should love you anyway
 And that's okay
 But ooh, yeah
 You're making it hard for me
 Ooh, you're making it so hard
 Hey, hey, hey
 Hey, hey, hey
 Hey, hey, hey
 Hey, hey, hey
 We don't go out
 Can't wish us away
 We been burning
 Brighter everyday
 We don't go out
 Can't wish us away
 We been burning
 Brighter everyday
 You don't know a thing about our story
 Tell it wrong all the time
 Don't know a thing about our glory
 Wanna steal my baby's shine
 All my friends
 Wanna know why you ain't figured it out just yet
 All my friends
 Been reading the books by Morrison and West
 All my friends
 Wanna know why you ain't figured it out just yet
 All my friends
 Been reading the books
 Reading the books you ain't read
 Reading the books you ain't read
 Reading the books you ain't read
 Reading the books you ain't read