An Eye for An Eye

written by Hodari Davis

An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind

You thought we had hate on our minds

We just speak pride to our own kind

We’re gonna let our little light shine

Liiiike

We are YGB

And it don't stop 

Black history

And it won't stop

Phillis Wheatley

to Bamuthi

From The UNIA

To the BPP

We in a legacy

And it don't stop

It's black history

And we won't stop

We are YGB

With a message for this century

(Chorus 2x)

An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind

You thought we had hate on our mind

We just speak pride to our own kind

We’re gonna let our little light shine

Just remember this 

A black woman on a bus

Defended this

Principles are a must

And ignorance

There's not a thing we can trust

Would you walk with us

Would you talk with us

Would you ride the bus

If we decided in a church

To all walk to work

Are you willing to

Make it hurt

For over a year

Are you brave enough 

Or do you live in fear 

Are you tough enough

Hear the words

Of Martin Luther King

We gotta

Let freedom ring

Come on

let Freedom ring

We gotta

Let freedom ring

Just hear the words 

Of Martin Luther King

We gotta

Let freedom ring

Come on

let Freedom ring

We gotta

Let freedom ring

We are a dream realized

On a mountaintop

A dream in a disguise

Called Hip Hop

An image in our eyes

That we aim to change

The position of our people

to be rearranged

By more of YGB all over the world

Proud black boys strong Black girls

Who ready to use their voice to bring it back

Come on join the cause of young gifted and black

(Chorus 2x)

An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind

You thought we had hate on our mind

We just speak pride to our own kind

We’re  gonna let our little light shine

We are YGB 

And it don't stop