A Prayer To The Gods
Rising Against Division: A Plea to Unite
Lyrics
A prayer to the gods
A plea addressed to divine entities
A prayer to the gods
Reiteration of the plea to the gods
A prayer to the gods
Continued plea to the gods
Hmm hmm
Expression of contemplation or uncertainty
Yeah
An affirmation or agreement
Black man why the black man
Questioning the plight of the black man
Seated in a country
Seated within a country with boundaries set by others
Boarders written by white hands
Boundaries defined by white individuals
Taught to hate each other
Instruction to dislike or hold animosity toward one another
Laters took us for boat rides
Reference to being forcibly taken on boat journeys
Treating us like savages
Being treated as uncivilized people
And taking our own land
Having land taken away by force
Yeah
An affirmative acknowledgment
Taught to hate what we love
Being taught to dislike what is cherished, potentially oneself
Including ourselves
Extending the teaching of hatred to self
They even gave is guns
Supplying weapons to perpetuate self-destruction
So we kill ourselves
Engaging in self-inflicted harm, possibly violence
You could see a brother sell a brother
Witnessing betrayal among kin
To another man
Brothers selling each other to outsiders
You can see a brother sell a brother
Repetition of the betrayal theme
To another man
Repeated reference to betrayal and selling out
Dear God
An appeal or address to a higher power
I hope you feeling this
Hoping for divine understanding
The pain of your kids
Acknowledgment of the suffering experienced by the divine's offspring
Coz you made promises
Reference to unfulfilled promises made by the divine
Or maybe you just need
Suggesting the need for heightened awareness or understanding
To open up our oculus
Encouragement to open one's eyes or perception
Remind us who we are
Encouragement for self-realization and identity rediscovery
Yeah
Affirmation of the plea to the gods
A prayer to the gods
Reiteration of the prayer to the gods
A prayer to the gods
Continued plea to the gods
A prayer to the gods
Affirmation of the prayer
Yeah
Affirmation of the plea
Mama Africa look now
Addressing the continent of Africa, acknowledging a paradox
How you make a blessing
Highlighting the contradictory nature of blessings and curses
Be a curse at the same time
How positivity can sometimes lead to negativity
How you make us kind
Being compassionate despite losing land
When it's costing our own land
Confusion about the preached values and reality
I thought you said to love each other's
Expectation of love among one's own kind
Best for our own kind
Questioning the absence of love despite efforts
But why we get no love
Recognition of love's absence despite endeavors
When it's all we've done
Contemplating the consequences despite good actions
Now we get generation curses
Witnessing the ongoing impact of past actions
See what we've become
Observing the outcome of past deeds
I guess it's time to rise
Recognition of the need for change and empowerment
Tsup Dawg
Informal greeting, possibly indicating readiness for action
A prayer to the gods
Final plea or acknowledgment to the divine
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