Lupe Fiasco - Audubon Ballroom Lyrics
God is great![Verse 1]Ghettos, America. U.S. to the izzayKilla in the citywide sprizzayWhere there's sunshine in the shizzadeChurch won't pull him out the pin like a grenadeFor acting out their fears like a charadeTil they blackin out their tears like it's lights outBring em out the black like a lighthouseAnd wave to em before they wiped outLifesaver, threw em, hope they catch itBut it's so Titanic to be iced outThat's just scratching the surface like triple axelsWant to roll around that Bentley like Crystal CastlesIn addition to the chainThat's just to take the attention from the painOr is it the mission of the manAudubon Ballroom, Motel Lorraine[Hook]Now white people, they can't say niggaSo I gotta take it backNow black people, we're not niggasGod made us better than that[Verse 2]No break, all wakeLittle mayhem for your All-State, nay ham, all steakGet a good ball great like a golf gradeMake the ball breakJust one swing, no puttingThat's how I try 'n does thingsEspecially when your past isMartin, Baldwin, Audubon BallroomTurn the glass ceiling to a glass floorMake a trampoline out of trapdoorOn that gasoline when I was back poorNow they crafted out my dream underneath a tap floorBackpack battle-cat underground rap loreAnonymous but dominant -- what's a Mac to a hackerIn other words, lyrical ZuckerbergsPimp you may move a mouse but what's a rat to a cat store storeIt's like a gig to an app storeI rap Black history, you can only see my past if you fast forward[Hook][Verse 3]Black Panthers, black anthems, black bluesWith black answers for black stanzas: Langston HughesBreaking rules, ain't it cool?Took it old, and made it newBlack painters, musical black angerBlack mothers, beautiful black anchorsSo lets hear it for 'em! Let's hear it for 'em!Lets hear it for 'em! Lets hear it for 'em!Black America! Trap America!80s Babies! Crack America!Rap America! Bad as Erykah!From the era of family tearing upBut we just won big, can't be undidForm a whole culture in just one kidMiami dope boys, Oakland militantsHarlem Renaissance it's our deliverance[Hook]
