Rapsody, PJ Morton - Afeni lyrics

Ooh ooh ooh, oh oh‚ yeah

Now  since we all came from a woman
Got  our names from a
Woman and our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women do  we hate our women?
Now  since we all

My brothers
(My brothers) ‚ I love you (I love you)
I  hate to know some of
You treat us like Glover (Glover)
Black card revoked‚ maybe you
Could use Discover (Discover)
Define yourself
Do you feel the same way 'bout your mother?
(Mother) do you overlook our beauty
But you lovin' on all the others (Others)
Hope  you teach your daughters all
To stay away from suckas
Like yourself if you don't love yourself
I'm so Southern
(Southern) ‚ I was taught to feed the
Soul with or without hot ovens
Here's a plate
Know your hate come from a black man struggle
(Struggle) we all in the same shape
So I know I fit your puzzle (Puzzle)
Either way‚ we got your back
We only pray you'll be our muscle
(Pray you'll be our muscle)
Strength in the times we
All overcome with trouble
Every day we pullin' doubles
For ourself and home (For ourself and home)
My mom and daddy taught me, early on
Protect your own (Protect your own)
We never stopped lovin' you
So turn your love back on
(Your love back on)
And I pray you feel the same
Way as that 2Pac song
We ain't your hoes or your bitches, trophies
Or meant for pimpin'
Recognize a gift from God outweighs
A birthday or a Christmas
To protect our lives
You gon' take it to the limit?
(You gon' take it to the limit?)
Rib of my rib, do you still feel us in ya

Now since we all came from a woman
Got our names from a woman and
Our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women do we hate our women?
Now since we all came from a woman
Got our names from a woman and
Our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women do we hate our women?

I don't know where I would be
If you weren't here with me
If you don't hear anybody else sayin'
Please know you're appreciated ('Ated)
The way you walk, way you talk so fine (Fine)
And ooh, you got a brilliant mind
(Brilliant mind)
There ain't nobody better (Better)
Each and every one of you matter to me

To my sisters (To my sisters)
I know we on it (I know we on it)
I feel your pain, I'm a woman disappointed
They should never take what's never given
To 'em 'cause they want it (Want it)
I was taught, if you love me
You would never cut the corners (Corners)
What we made in the night
We got a raise in the mornin' (Mornin')
This is sucka niggas warnin'
You should never hit a woman (Woman)
We should have some things in common
Just like Common, he respect us
A law is not a lecture
How you love us it affect us (It affect us)
I ain't playin' the middle like Nadeska
It ain't complex to be
Emotional or affectionate
To my brothers that do
I hope my sisters don't think less of 'em
(Don't think less of 'em)
2Pac gone, you know Rap had to message him
We tried to do our best for them
Mother panther vibes (Panther vibes)
We need strong men, so our baby boys survive
(Baby boys survive) love our great fathers
I know some statistics lied
But all the ones that didn't, yo
You gotta do your job
I know this life ain't easy
Every one of us is flawed (Flawed)
At least love your woman
We the closest thing to God (God)
And tell her keep her head up
Every day that it gets hard (Gets hard)
If you truly recognize that

Now since we all came from a woman
Got our names from a woman and
Our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women do we hate our women?
Now since we all

I know I wouldn't be nothing (Nothing)
Without you by my side (Side)
You have always been the savior
You're the closest thing to God
So, I just want to thank you
(Thank ya) , for bein' so good to me
And I apologize
For not always bein' what I'm supposed to be
I just wanted to write
This letter, I promise, i'm gonna do better

I don't know where I would be (Be)
If you weren't here with me (Me)
If you don't hear anybody else sayin'
Please know you're appreciated ('Ated)
The way you walk, way you talk so fine (Fine)
And ooh, you got a brilliant mind
(Brilliant mind)
There ain't nobody better (Better)
Each and every one of you matter to me

Come here
Let me untwist your hair and massage
Your head let me pick your
Brain i wanna let you into
This safe space I hold
And keep sacred for you i know
You are kind of hurt
I kinda wish I could take the pain away from
You i seen how the Devil likes
To have his way with you
I felt their hate for you
Their innate ways to fake
And play with you in this
Life you were given, over this
Nightmare you are livin', pardon them
For not seein' your purpose, but for what
It's worth we're in this life thing together
So can't you love me deeper than
That? Like God intended you to? Can't
You remember where you came from
Like you ain't came from my
Seed of love? Your broken
Spirit can't always be the excuse
Thought I taught you
The gravity of respect and paying dues
Thought you knew my God don't
Like ugly my God
Said she need an apology needs to know
You see all the beauty she created
Needs you to know wouldn't
Be no you if it wasn't for us my God said
"How much harder we gotta love you?"