Byron Henderson - FROM THE DARKNESS. lyrics

From the darkness we emerge
Face to face with the
Gatekeepers of supremacy
We realize, this is no paradise

Prior thoughts had me lost
Sending missiles back and forth
To my reflection of course, due to my skin
I can't afford second guessing
Land of the free long as
Your tone is accepted
But that's only in your face
Behind your back's a different message
Don't want your kids to know but
They need to know
This world ain't suitable for them to
Grow up and be themselves
Needеd help to heal but nevеr got it
See we were failed
Sound asleep, they had our homes surrounded
And we were jailed cops use your words to
Trick you into conflict
Knowing good and well your heart
Races when around them, For good reason
It's almost like they consider
Your natural looks treason
They try to box you in
Long before odds look even
Progress came to a screeching halt
Greenwood turned to ash
They ain't have a second thought
Potential paradise in ruins
And we ain't been the same since
If we succeed
They find another way to hang men
More addiction, more Christ debates
And more vices waiting
No more throwing hands
You're better off trying to fight temptation
On the brink of death
Thinking Christ is waiting when in reality
Your family just has another crisis waiting

Tears cloud the words
No location for the comfort digging holes
Sending souls on vacation by the hundred
Lord knows
A Black man's Heaven is a White man's
A Black man's Heaven is a White man's

Tears cloud the words
No location for the comfort digging holes
Sending souls on vacation by the hundred
Lord knows
A Black man's Heaven is a White man's
A Black man's Heaven is a White man's

Anatomy and hateful ignorance
Another life lost
I know a couple Blacks that'll black
Turn the sidewalk into an art exhibit just
To get the freaking white off
Baking in the sun
Now that's a nuisance to hierarchy
The homie's friend, she was level headed
Told him his anger will leave him trapped
He'd better dead it harboring monsters
So I'd try to take her advice and move on
But try to move on me
And I'll take your life
That was his mind frame
Caught up in his past of nonstop pain
Too overcome with rage to realize
They were playing mind games
Several disadvantages others won't
Understand on a planet where it
Was planned in advance that we'd face plant
And that's more bloody cotton
So just give me a reason oh no
Haven't forgotten on us it's open season
Cops patrolling the block some times
Pledge allegiance
Not to help create a safe haven
But see you bleeding for real

Tears cloud the words
No location for the comfort digging holes
Sending souls on vacation by the hundred
Lord knows
A Black man's Heaven is a White man's
A Black man's Heaven is a White man's

Tears cloud the words
No location for the comfort digging holes
Sending souls on vacation by the hundred
Lord knows
A Black man's Heaven is a White man's
A Black man's Heaven is a White man's