The Harlem Renaissance is a time for change
A time for betterment
A time for improvement
A time for the world to see feel and hear something they never have before
A time for a shift in the culture
And a shift in the narration of the story
The movement is far from over
For it’s only just begun
No longer are we slaves of the body
And we needn’t become slaves of the mind
So I tell you
Grab your dance shoes
Grab your canvases
Grab your trumpets
Grab your journals
Grab your pens
And create
Create like you may never get the chance again
For history is made every single second
But there is only one question
Will you be a part of it
Yeah
Aye
I said welcome to the renaissance
Yeah Its Law baby
Yeah yeahee yeah
Welcome welcome
Hold on lemme set the scene
Take it back to the beginning 1920’s what I mean
Back to Harlem so serene a time when life was like a dream
Not perfect but it changed a lot of you seen what I seen
Left the South, they way too extreme
We out in New York just creating we ain’t under no regime
Understand man this ain’t just a theme
All that music they was making man it’s flowing through my genes
I don’t like to play around
Boy I came up out the ground
I might pull up to your town
Do a show and then I’m out
Disrespect I can’t allow
I make music half a pound
Seen some changes in my life
That was then and this is now
Said that was then and this is now
Now its 20 dollars worth more than your life
Now it’s civilians sleeping we’ll come shoot ’em on sight
Now it’s you wear a hoodie boy you asking to die
I pray to God that something changes before we lose one more life
Yeah
I said welcome to the Renaissance
I said welcome to the Renaissance
I Pay respect to Duke and Louie
Word to Zora and Langston
Even though I’m just a youngin I’m still waiting on these changes
I do this for the culture
I do this for my people
I won’t ever stop the fight it ain’t over til we equal
Now we on your screen like Roku
Rappers don’t want beef that’s tofu
Being in this dish that’s soul food
I can’t keep this movement local
Learn from failures til’ they victories
Ain’t from Harlem but I swear I know my history
Welcome to the Renaissance
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