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feat. J. Ivy
[Verse 1: J. Ivy]
From the Ivory Coast to Brownsville
Bed-Stuy, St. Louis, Detroit
Memphis, Jackson, Rosewood, Harlem
This is Tulsa before the bombings
Black Wall Street
We haul heat âcause we want options
Made it through Americaâs great adoption
Went from being stuck to getting stacked
Hustling blocks to getting racks
They fashion our design âcause we donât slack
They fear the idea of independence being black
[Verse 2: Smoke DZA]
Riiiight! Uh! Whatâs the business? I am the business
They give you the fantasy story, here go the realness
If a rapper ainât doing no shows heâs probably slow
âCause most niggas doing it always be on the road
No 3-60âs less itâs waves spinning
Them whack deals ainât designed for no niggas winning
Iâm over the weak advances
Distribute your own shit, itâs better chances
Fighting the same battle as Ye
But donât worry, we got the answer, Sway
Invest into your dreams nigga
What I created is what I rock today
Uh, motivated times two
You could do anything you put your mind to
No ownership, it ainât worth the deal
On my Percy Miller shit, Iâma persevere
[Hook: Smoke DZA]
Black business
Independently ran
Black independence
[Verse 3: J. Ivy]
We make bread, break bread
This is black dollar power
The black dollar hour
I hear cowards saying why yâall talking about getting cash
I want the future to read about us living in the projects in they history class
Thatâs what Iâm on
Trying to get yâall to look past getting on to getting loans
Letâs own the bank
I donât know about you
But I want my great great great greats to be straight
[Verse 4: Smoke DZA]
Independent as fuck, I own me
Publish shit, merchandise, show money
If I donât kill my food I wonât eat
You see all my moves, thatâs all me
Controlling my own destiny
Knowing the value of my equity
You got to hold your turf
Theyâll try to give you what they want, nigga know your worth
Uh, youâll get what you negotiate
So sticking to your guns is the only way
Successful free agent
Couple homies fighting for they freedom while they caged in
I ainât tryna be on land caged in
Nah, Iâma need the whole enchilada nigga
God bless you
Criticize but you donât cut no checks so I respect you
Really canât tell me shit, look at my credentials
[Hook]
[Verse 5: Jay Ivy]
Imagine a billion black billionaires
Everybody happy, everybody living fair
We ainât on world dominance, just refuse to be dominated
We will be accommodated
Everything comes around full circle
You canât mess up the rotation and laws of nature
Tired of putting vacations on layaway and payment plans
Fuck fly kicks, Iâm tryna put my feet in the sand
And have enough to pay for land and other land
[Verse 6: Smoke DZA]
Iâm my own boss
Touring like 40 days and 40 nights
The tour bus turned into an arc
Who else you know sell out shows in Denmark
No deal, no big co-signs from no stars
Just bars, my G
Sinatra shit, I did it my way and did me
Iâm just tryna be a better me
They hate Sean like Tucson but they could never rob me from my legacy
They hate Sean like Tucson but they could never rob me from my legacy
Positive energy
Peace to my brother, Dom Kennedy
[Hook]