OCTAVIA

Don't ever let a textbook scare you You the missing piece, OG technology, they stole you Don't ever let 'em knock the way you talk The language you evolve your natural genius Merch it Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh I'm the truth, I am a fact (I don't know 'bout you, but I am the truth) They lie on me, I have to laugh (I am the truth, yeah) I write it down, it happens next (their science is a-lyin') So be it, see to it (on me and you that don't make it true) I'm the truth, I am a fact (I don't know 'bout you, but I am the truth) They lie on me, I have to laugh (I am the truth, yeah) I write it down, it happens next (their science is a-lyin') So be it, see to it (on me and you that don't make it true, yeah) (Oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) It used to be the worst crime to write a line Our great great greats risked their lives, learned letters fireside Like a seat on a bus, like heel in a march Like we holdin' a torch, it's our inheritance They tease our pronunciations then try to mimic our greatness We are a precious creation, our black has no imitation Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh I'm the truth, I am a fact (I don't know 'bout you, but I am the truth) They lie on me, I have to laugh (I am the truth, yeah) I write it down, it happens next (their science is a-lyin') So be it, see to it (on me and you that don't make it true) I'm the truth, I am a fact (I don't know 'bout you, but I am the truth) They lie on me, I have to laugh (I am the truth, yeah) I write it down, it happens next (their science is a-lyin') So be it, see to it (on me and you that don't make it true, yeah) --- OCTAVIA - Jamila Woods