HOOK (catchy, hypnotic, repeatable)
Same story, different name
Same cross, different flame
Teach the spirit, free the brain
They erase you from the game
Same truth, different time
Kill the light before it shine
Black Messiah every age
That’s why they rush the page
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VERSE 1 (Jesus / spirituality)
Jesus taught spirit, not a throne or a flag
Kingdom in the mind, that scared Rome bad
You can’t rule bodies once souls awake
So they framed the truth, said “kill him for safety’s sake”
They didn’t fear miracles or prayer
They feared slaves learnin’ they divine, aware
Spirit first, body second—that’s law
That’s why empires answer truth with claws
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HOOK
Same story, different name
Same cross, different flame
Teach the spirit, free the brain
They erase you from the game
Same truth, different time
Kill the light before it shine
Black Messiah every age
That’s why they rush the page
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VERSE 2 (roll call, tight)
Garvey taught pride, nation, plan
So they smeared the vision, broke the man
Malcolm said think, read, stand tall
Shot him when the truth hit the wall
Huey taught defense, food, and mind
Fred taught unity—crossed that line
Poor folks linkin’, colors too
That’s when Rome said “this won’t do”
Same empire, different suit
Same fear of spiritual truth
They don’t kill you ‘cause you wrong
They kill you when you makin’ people strong
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BRIDGE (one breath)
If Rome killed Jesus for freein’ the mind
Why we shocked every modern time?
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FINAL HOOK (last run, biggest)
Same story, different name
Same cross, different flame
Teach the spirit, free the brain
They erase you from the game
Same truth, different time
Kill the light before it shine
Black Messiah—understand
It’s the message, not the man
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OUTRO (spoken, 5 seconds)
They didn’t kill the body first.
They tried to kill the idea.
CHANT (call-and-response style)
Jesus!
Marcus Garvey!
Malcolm X!
Huey P. Newton!
Fred Hampton!
Martin Luther King Jr.!
Medgar Evers!
George Jackson!
Paul Robeson!
Say it loud—
They freed the mind!
Say it again—
They freed the mind!
Different names—
Same crime!
Different times—
Same line!
