[Intro] [Verse 1] [Male Voice] Brown skin, braid loose, baby barefoot in the kitchen Tiny jars on the shelves, every herb in its position Got a book of old prayers and a past that’s gone missing Says her blood’s from the land but the maps all contradiction She a tribeless 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 heartbeat’s 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 stare [Chorus – Female] You make me better, baby, every single way Take my broken pieces, rearrange the clay When I lost my rivers, you became the rain Pour your love upon me, wash away the shame You make me better, baby, steady when I shake (yeah) Fill my empty belly, give more than you take Hold my tribeless heart like it’s something rare When I fade to nothing, you still see me there (ooh) 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 till it starts to rise I can see my people shining in your eyes [Verse 2] [Male Voice] She a sunrise in the sheets, she a storm in the bath We go half on the blunt, then we go whole on the path She be riding on my lap while she reciting her regrets Syllables are little rivers, running down her silky neck I be twisting tricky couplets, triple consonants in chains She be tracing on my stomach, drawing circles ‘round my veins Every letter that I’m spitting feels like feathers on her back Every metaphor I’m making is a map she never had She said, “I never knew a man who could handle all my rage Who could kiss the broken girl and still respect the ancient ways You be holding me in prayer when I’m shaking on the floor You don’t flinch at all my shadows, you just open up the door” [Chorus – Female] You make me better, baby, every single way Take my broken pieces, rearrange the clay When I lost my rivers, you became the rain Pour your love upon me, wash away the shame You make me better, baby, steady when I shake (yeah) Fill my empty belly, give more than you take Hold my tribeless heart like it’s something rare When I fade to nothing, you still see me there (ooh) 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 till it starts to rise I can see my people shining in your eyes [Pre Chorus] [Male Voice] 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 Till the walls start melting, till 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 – Female] You make me better, baby, every single way Take my broken pieces, rearrange the clay When I lost my rivers, you became the rain Pour your love upon me, wash away the shame You make me better, baby, steady when I shake (yeah) Fill my empty belly, give more than you take Hold my tribeless heart like it’s something rare When I fade to nothing, you still see me there (ooh) 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 till it starts to rise I can see my people shining in your eyes [Outro] [Female Voice] I'm a Tribeless Native I can see my people shining in your eyes
