BLACK ROSE

Jon Hope
Black rose I’m a black rose in the pavement don’t water me Ahh! Speak truth can
be costly ahh Got drive no car keys This is no innuendo! why see the world
through tinted windows
I’m never low key but high key What I say in vein is IV
Shut up! Man in the mirror looked me in the eye said I am enough Shut up!
I don’t want your truth, your culture, man I am enough
Shut up! Red blood, white lies, Oh my ghetto sings blues
One taste of the _____ Oh man I’ll never think two On a late night a dream told
me Nigga run fast never slowly when you catch me Just use me when you level up
don’t abuse me
On this looseleaf I pen that My melanin please respect that Got dark shades for
your eyesight ‘Cause this gon' shine bright
Mary Gipson
If I had a dollar for every single time You said you were real
If I had a dollar for every single time I would have a mill
I would buy me a town
You could keep the change too