Meshell Ndegéocello - Shoot'n Up And Gett’n High lyrics

[Meshell Ndegéocello - Shoot'n Up And Gett’n High lyrics]

This is a song about sadness
Shootin' up and gettin' high

Shootin' up and gettin' high
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high

He lived two train stops away
I was a train ride away from heaven
We signify about politics, low income housing
Birth control and abortion
The capitalistic hand around my throat
Shootin' up dope to cope
In this dehumanizing society
We both found God when he OD'd



Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high

He found beauty in my black skin
Amidst the Cover Girl and Clairol ads
Makin' no mistake, what's white is right
Livin'in a world where the TV shouts
"Forget where you come from!"
And damn I thought I was shootin'
Up Africa in my veins
White man voodoo slow my brain
The while man fights wars and enslaves
All in God's name

Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high

What ya trying to achieve with
Your sun tan lotion
You wanna keep me down, keep me down
Revolution against this racist institution
The white man shall forever sleep
With one eye open dehumanize me
Set aside and criticize
I'm livin' in the midst of genocide
I hear voices voices are what I hear
I hear voices voices are what I hear
Uprise: would you die
Would die for your rights
Uprise: would you die, would
Die for your rights, baby
Uprise: would you die
Would die for your rights

Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Uprise: would you die
Would die for your rights
Gettin' high, gettin' high
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
So if there's a Hell below
We're all going to go
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high

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