[Verse 1] Brown skin, braid loose, baby barefoot in the kitchen Tiny jars on the shelves, every herb in his possession Got a book of old prayers and a pastor's gone missing Says the blood's from the lamb but the maps all contradiction She a tribal native, tracing traces in the smoke Reading patterns in the ash every time we share a toke Got her palms on my chest, says my heart beats like a drum Says my voice is like a road that'll lead her back home She was raised in the static, plastic couches, plastic plates Lost her language, lost her last name, papers lost in fate But she sacred when she's laughing, she a sermon when she swears Got a wildfire in her hips, holy water in her stares [Chorus] You make me better, baby, every single way Take my broken pieces, rearrange the clay When I lost my rhythm, you became the ray Boy, your love upon me wash away the shame You make me better, baby, steady when I shake Fill my empty belly, give more than you take Hold my tribal heart like it's something rare When I fade to nothing, you still see me there [Verse 2] You make me better, baby, body, mind, and soul Love me when I'm shattered, love me when I'm whole Whisper to my spirit 'til it starts to rise I can see my people shining in your eyes She be mixing up the roots, little drop under my tongue Says this one clears your spirit, this one keeps your body young Her fingers stained amber, smell of cedar on her clothes She a healer in a hoodie making medicine from ghosts When she rides me in the moonlight, all the questions disappear She be chanting little fragments that her grandma used to hear Every kiss a secret symbol, every scratch a sacred mark Every breath between her teeth like a match in the dark We be rolling up a leaf, talking trauma, talking pain 'Til the walls start melting, 'til we laugh like kids again She says, "Baby, you my anchor, you the ground beneath my feet" When I'm drifting like the ashes, you the fire, you the heat [Chorus] You make me better, baby, every single way Take my broken pieces, rearrange the clay When I lost my rhythm, you became the ray Boy, your love upon me wash away the shame You make me better, baby, steady when I shake Fill my empty belly, give more than you take Hold my tribal heart like it's something rare When I fade to nothing, you still see me there [Outro] You make me better, baby, body, mind, and soul Love me when I'm shattered, love me when I'm whole Whisper to my spirit 'til it starts to rise I can see my people shining in your eyes (Oh, my tribal native) (I can see my people shining in your eyes)
