[00:00.00]X (Explicit) - Little Simz
[00:02.95]Composed by：Cleopatra Nikolic/Dean Josiah Cover/Simbiatu Ajikawo
[00:23.13]The mercenary don't fight the war for free
[00:24.99]They fight the war for a currency not unity not peace
[00:27.82]Bookkeepers with information
[00:29.33]That covers all of these details
[00:30.78]Fake news won't prevail if we holdin' the keys
[00:33.56]Land of the free enslaved by the false pretence
[00:36.45]They attack and we play defence
[00:38.06]How do I make you see sense
[00:39.21]Have all of your thoughts deepened
[00:40.83]Test your beliefs
[00:42.06]If the law ain't for us who's policin' the police
[00:44.53]Who's increasin' all their fees
[00:47.22]Listenin' to their speeches
[00:48.50]How many times did we March with no shoes on
[00:51.21]No J's or Louboutin
[00:52.50]Been beaten on we been chewed on
[00:53.96]But it happened years ago so we should just move on
[00:56.45]You think that man don't know pain
[00:58.06]'Cause he got a suit on
[00:59.01]'Cause he finally got a plate
[01:00.43]That he can now have food on
[01:01.91]Tellin' me that luck isn't everybody's friend
[01:04.43]But really you can't fathom that my tree now has fruit on
[01:07.77]Don't get me irate in this climate
[01:09.61]It's heatin' up in that plane now
[01:11.04]Can't fly straight I might up and migrate
[01:13.32]Turbulence results in your mind racin'
[01:15.44]Prone to dehydration
[01:16.88]Runnin' 'cause you want freedom don't die chasin'
[01:19.01]This is post-apocalyptic where we stand
[01:21.91]You wanna give us the Bible and have us give up the land
[01:24.69]They will dangle the carrot when nothin' is in your hand
[01:27.45]And tell you never to worry"it's all just part of the plan"
[01:30.37]**** what you got planned your wish isn't my command
[01:32.84]These people are not your friends I finally understand
[01:36.05]They wanna divide you and close people in your set
[01:38.80]'Cause when you're winnin' together
[01:40.01]That's bigger than any check
[01:42.67]One day you'll love my pain
[01:48.10]One day you'll love my pain
[01:53.09]I need you Lord
[01:55.76]I need you Lord
[01:57.12]I need you Lord
[01:58.69]I need you Lord
[02:10.30]Undervalued under-appreciated in the workplace
[02:13.58]Why give you my ideas in the first place
[02:16.00]Know how you contribute they tell you"describe how"
[02:18.49]You ask for a pay rise and they raisin' they eyebrows
[02:21.51]Why does my Blackness have to come with a fight now
[02:24.29]I'm peaceful at heart but I suggest you pipe down
[02:27.21]I'm not ashamed of the soil that I'm made of
[02:30.08]Brave woman my granddaddy is where I got my name from
[02:32.90]You don't know me well enough to call me"Simbi"
[02:35.01]The closest people to me actually call me"Simz"
[02:37.49]Apart from my family in a lovin' capacity
[02:40.63]I could never sell my soul for a salary no
[02:43.59]They want everything I own the audacity
[02:46.85]Try somethin' and test your mortality
[02:49.10]That there is a tragedy
[02:50.26]Oh you mad how I clocked it and I got here
[02:52.88]Mentally takin' back my power
[02:54.54]And I'm signin' out respectfully
[02:56.20]One day you'll love my pain
[03:01.89]One day you'll love my pain
[03:07.15]Protect me Lord
[03:08.58]Protect me Lord
[03:09.88]Protect me Lord
[03:11.13]I need you Lord
[03:12.63]Protect me Lord
[03:13.14]Protect the body protect the mind
[03:14.66]No God makin' sure my blessings are perfectly timed
[03:17.23]We as a people die over pride
[03:19.61]Those handouts are never options where we reside
[03:21.93]And I still gotta provide
[03:23.77]What a mess I'm in wonder if it's 'cause I been westernised
[03:26.76]Speakin' to the suits they never give you the best advice
[03:29.48]A lesson I've learnt the hard way
[03:31.72]Emphasise real recognise real then you become weaponised
[03:35.36]Oh please step aside if you're not fightin' the war with us
[03:38.71]How do you become numb to a genocide
[03:41.26]Can't you see that everything we feelin' is intensified
[03:43.83]Bleedin' straight from the heart leave you painfully scarred
[03:47.20]Many say rehabilitation is hard
[03:49.90]Use all your vices and escape through the dark
[03:52.59]Runnin' away from the childhood trauma
[03:55.62]So tryna get clean's soundin' like torture
[03:58.42]I'm somebody's daughter
[04:00.06]I'm somebody's sister I'm somebody's friend
[04:02.18]You don't see me how they see me
[04:03.54]You see money you could spend
[04:05.70]Took me some years to comprehend
[04:08.28]Which led me to writin' the realest **** ever penned
[04:11.60]God said"It's time to give them some gems"
[04:13.74]Switch your perspective
[04:14.68]How you look at it through my lens
[04:17.22]They can never fool me again
[04:19.42]Never silenced I'ma speak my truth till the end
[04:31.13]The Lord is with you dear
[04:38.75]One day you'll love my pain
[04:44.26]One day you'll love my pain
[04:49.01]I need you Lord
[04:50.82]Lord
[04:52.05]I need you Lord
[04:53.46]I need you Lord
[04:54.92]I need you Lord
[04:56.63]Lord
[04:57.67]I need you Lord
[04:59.10]I need you Lord
[05:00.48]I need you Lord
[05:02.13]Lord
[05:03.24]I need you Lord
[05:04.78]I need you Lord
[05:06.35]I need you Lord
[05:22.37]You'll never be alone
[05:33.64]The Lord is with you dear
[05:45.04]The Lord is with you