“Colors” (Featuring Bradly Cockrell Sr.)

[INTRO — B.C.S.] Yeah… Bradly Cockrell Senior B.C.S. Stim… We ain’t gotta look alike to stand together, ya dig? [HOOK — STIM & B.C.S.] Black, white, red, blue, Different colors, same blood run through. Why we gotta hate what we don’t understand? We all born human, we all got a plan. Black, white, red, blue, Ain’t no color gonna tell me who you are to me. Drop that hate, let that bullshit go, We got one world, one love, one road. [First Rap Verse black 53 year old male delivers raw, deep Southern OG cadence — DJ STIM] Look, I’m Black, that’s the color of my skin, But that ain’t the whole story of the man within. I done walked through some shit, came out still standin’, Had to learn real love ain’t about understanding Every damn thing that another man do, It’s about seeing the human when you look at who? You. Me. Him. Her. Everybody got a mama, everybody got hurt. We been taught too much hate from the shit we inherit, But I ain’t gotta carry that shit in my spirit. B.C.S. my white brother, that’s my fuckin’ guy, Different color on the outside, same damn sky. We can joke, we can argue, we can talk our shit, But when it’s time to stand up, we stand on some real shit. I don’t need your color to tell me your worth, We all came in naked when we entered this Earth. [HOOK — STIM & B.C.S.] Black, white, red, blue, Different colors, same blood run through. Why we gotta hate what we don’t understand? We all born human, we all got a plan. Black, white, red, blue, Ain’t no color gonna tell me who you are to me. Drop that hate, let that bullshit go, We got one world, one love, one road. [Second Rap Verse B.C.S. a white 48 year old male delivers a distinct confident white-male rap voice— B.C.S.] Bradly Cockrell Sr., B.C.S. in the booth, White boy speaking from the heart, that’s the truth. I ain’t here pretending that the past ain’t real, I’m saying we can choose what tomorrow gon’ feel. I can’t change every wrong somebody did before me, But I can damn sure refuse to let that shit control me. Stim my brother, and that’s more than a phrase, We done built real friendship through the laughs and the days. He Black, I’m White, yeah, that’s plain to see, But none of that shit is bigger than the bond between me. Red, blue, Black, White, every shade in the mix, Ain’t one damn color make somebody better than shit. So if you got hate in your heart, put it down, We ain’t gotta tear each other up to hold our ground. Respect ain’t weakness, love ain’t soft, Sometimes being a man means knowing when to drop That old bullshit you were handed as a kid, And tell the next generation, “We ain’t doing that shit.” [HOOK — STIM & B.C.S.] Black, white, red, blue, Different colors, same blood run through. Why we gotta hate what we don’t understand? We all born human, we all got a plan. Black, white, red, blue, Ain’t no color gonna tell me who you are to me. Drop that hate, let that bullshit go, We got one world, one love, one road. [BRIDGE — STIM] Ain’t talking politics, ain’t talking sides, I’m talking human beings looking each other in the eyes. Black man, White man, come on, let’s be real, You can’t heal a wound if you refuse to feel. [B.C.S.] And I ain’t asking nobody to forget the past, I’m saying build something better while we’re here and it lasts. [STIM] That’s my brother right there. Different color… [B.C.S.] Same damn heart. [BOTH] That’s where we start. [OUTRO — STIM] Black. White. Red. Blue. Colors don’t make us— what we do. UDP. B.C.S. Stim. Real shit.