Letras da musica:Interlude: Dad Was Mad – Solange Knowles
I was the first, one of the first
My first day, a state trooper caught me
Put me in the backseat of the car
And meeting the other black kids, was six of us
And seeing all of those parents
And also kk members having signs
And throwing cans at us, spitting at us
We lived in the threat of death every day
Every day. so I was just lost in this vacuum
Between integration
And segregation and, and racism
That was my childhood
I was angry for years… angry, very angry

Letras da musica: Interlude: For Us By Us – Solange Knowles
And they offered me a million dollar deal
And had the check ready
Said I wouldn’t be able to use my name
I was fighting my brother, because
Man, you shoulda took the million dollars!
I said: no, what you think I’m worth?
If this white man offer me a million dollars
I gotta be worth forty, or fifty
Or ten or something
To being able to make forbes
And come from the projects
You know, top 40 under 40
Which they said couldn’t be done
Had twenty records
On the top billboard at one time
For an independent company
Black-owned company
You know, going to the white lady’s house
Where my grandmother lived at
And say: look, you don’t have to work here
No more big mama!
We got more money
Than the people on st. charles street
And I, I took that anger and said
I’mma put it into my music
I tell people all the time
If you don’t understand my record
You don’t understand me
So this is not for you

Letras da musica: Closing: The Chosen Ones – Solange Knowles
That’s what make my life complete
Knowing that it’s a higher being
A higher power
Knowing that these people done paved they way
You know, our great-great-grandfathers
And grandmothers that came here
They found some kind of way to make the rhythm
You know, and they kept rhythm, no matter what
Now, we come here as slaves
But we going out as royalty
And able to show
That we are truly the chosen ones

Letras da musica: Interlude: This Moment – Solange Knowles
If you don’t understand us
And understand what we’ve been through
Then you probably wouldn’t understand
What this moment is about
This is home. this is where we from
This is where we belong

And if it ain’t
For the better of the people, nah
‘cause you, you robbing and stealing
From the people that been there
For so many years
Not just come and destroy
And knocking our neighborhoods down
You know, when they come here
You invisible
You know, you don’t even
Have a number in the system
Nobody cares about you
Everything is about dollars and cents
You know, even when
You’re talking the government
You know, even when
You’re talking about the
The, the preachers and the people
That’s running the community
And we have to show them the evolution
Of where we come from
I’m about to send
A message to the world, like

Letras da musica: Junie – Solange Knowles
Have it, yeah

First one’s a fool, who’ll be the fool now?
Who’s gonna get in line?
First one to go, first one to fight the way
Let’s go to moonlight
Then they will never find
Let’s go to home, free from the mother mind
Come on along, along, along
Along, along, along, along

Jumpon it
Jump on it, on it
Jump on it
Jump on it

Hit ‘em with a left
Hit ‘em with they knock, knock
Hit ‘em with a play
Then away, and away, and away, and away

Hit ‘em with a knock, knock
Hit ‘em on the top
Hit ‘em when they flock, flock
Hit ‘em with a shock, shock
Then away, and away, and away, and away

Hit ‘em when they watch
Hit ‘em with a dot, dot, dot, dot, dot
Then I’m up, up, up and away
And away, and away, and away

Hit ‘em when they watch
Hit ‘em when they cop, cop, cop what you got
Then away, and away, and away
And away, and away, and away

Jump on it
Jump on it, on it
Jump on it
Jump on it
Jump

You want to be the teacher
Don’t want to go to school
Don’t want to do the dishes
Just want to eat the food

But what you gonna do
When they saw all your moves
And practiced em daily?
Protect your neck, or give invitations?

Letras da musica: Interlude: no Limits – Solange Knowles
People wanna know what no limit comes from
My grandfather, big daddy, was in the military
And, uh, you know, he always said
Man, them people ain’t gon’ do nothing for us
So he was like: grandson
You need to start your own army
And that’s where the tanks
And the military thing come from
See, I watched the, the avon lady in my hood
She popped her trunk and sell her products
So I put all my cds and cassettes
In the back of my trunk
And I hit every city, every hood
My grandfather, he said
Why you gon’ call it no limit?
I said: because I don’t have
No limit to what I could do

Letras da musica: Don’t Wish Me Well – Solange Knowles
I went away
This concrete don’t have love for me
I took a day
Too much talk and not much to see
I know you always speak on something
So I’ll leave on the mic for you

And I’m going all the way
But I’ll leave on the lights for you
Oh woah, oh woah, oh woah, oh woah, oh woah
In going all the way
And now you’re almost out of view
Oh woah, oh woah, oh woah, oh woah, oh woah

‘cause when I say what I mean
You ought to know
You’ve got to know
I don’t let it go
‘cause when I say what I mean
You ought to know
You’ve got to know
I won’t let it go
Away, away, away

Look what remains
Pour ashes where they claimed my name
They say I changed
But a pity if I stayed the same
Thinking that everything is funny
But don’t say that the jokes on you

And I’m going all the way
But I’ll leave on the lights for you
Oh woah, oh woah, oh woah, oh woah, oh woah
I’m going all the way
And now you’re almost out of view
Oh woah, oh woah, oh woah, oh woah, oh woah

‘cause when I say what I mean
You ought to know
You’ve got to know
I won’t let it go
Away, away, away, away