[INTRO] Up Side Down Truth... [Spoken, Calm Tone] They told us we were nothing but a chapter in their story. But we just found out… We wrote the book. Wake up. Look up. Question everything. [Dj Scratching] "T.Y.S.O.N" "Let It Go!" [CHORUS] The world is upside down, they got it inside out What they taught us in school? Nah, that ain't what it's all about We been royalty all along, they just tried to blot it out Ethiopia stood tall when Europe was still in doubt The truth ain't what they printed — we gon' figure it out Tell the kids ask questions — don't take what they hand you now Yeah we Black, yeah we here, yeah we know what it's all about One pen, one vision — watch the walls come tumbling out! [VERSE 1] Walkin' these Birmingham streets, head high, feet firm on the ground Lookin' at the history books — every page is turnin' around They said Christianity came on a boat from across the blue sea I said wait a minute — Ethiopia had it in the third century! They painted us as heathens, darkness waiting for their light But our ancestors kept the full canon burnin' through the night Enoch walked with God — and it was our land that kept his words While they removed the pages that would tell us who we were first Cush in the scripture — not some distant stranger on a map We been right there from the beginning — they just covered up the gap So I walk a little different now, I see the sky a little clearer I don't need their validation — I'm connected to the Creator. [CHORUS] The world is upside down, they got it inside out What they taught us in school? Nah, that ain't what it's all about We been royalty all along, they just tried to blot it out Ethiopia stood tall when Europe was still in doubt The truth ain't what they printed — we gon' figure it out Tell the kids ask questions — don't take what they hand you now Yeah we Black, yeah we here, yeah we know what it's all about One pen, one vision — watch the walls come tumbling out! [VERSE 2] Now I'm lookin' at the statues, at the names upon the streets At the version of the story that they carefully repeat "Civilisation started where?" — nah, that's a broken record playin' We built the foundations while they still were prayin' to pagans But I ain't here with anger — I'm here with a different kind of fire. The kind that lights the path and takes the children a little higher So when they tell you "this is how it is" — pause and take a breath Ask "Who wrote this down? And what did they leave to death?" 'Cause when you know your roots go deeper than the lies they planted deep You don't get angry at the harvest — you just wake up from the sleep We don't need to rewrite history — we just recover what was hidden The Gospel in its fullness — that's the vision we're livin'. [CHORUS] The world is upside down, they got it inside out What they taught us in school? Nah, that ain't what it's all about We been royalty all along, they just tried to blot it out Ethiopia stood tall when Europe was still in doubt The truth ain't what they printed — we gon' figure it out Tell the kids ask questions — don't take what they hand you now Yeah we Black, yeah we here, yeah we know what it's all about One pen, one vision — watch the walls come tumbling out! [BRIDGE] [SPOKEN THEN BUILDS] To every young one listening — your skin is not a mistake. Your history didn't start on a slave ship. Your people carried the light when the world was dark. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Open your eyes. Open your Bibles. Read the books they left out. Ask why. Ask why. Ask why. [OUTRO] [Spoken, Authoritative Tone] Truth Yielding Servant Of A Nazarene and that's exactly what I am Going against them all Just for the truth that's been hid from the lamb We stand tall in the light, we don't need to shout The Gospel stands upright when the world is inside out. One Pen. One Vision. Infinite Power. T.Y.S.O.N [END]
