[Verse 1]
Me no identical
Me no symetrical
Only original
You only digital
You only typical
Me, I'm too cynical
Don’t trust what people do
That shit too difficult
Me, I'm too integral
Excuse my ego
But this shit feel mystical
Too unpredictable
Take a step back just to grab my utensils
Hop on the stage, got my hand on my gentials
Me no political
I speak the truth
And that’s all that I'm giving you
People too critical
Hold your opinion for people that give a shit
Me, I'm too rhythmical
Black individual
Doing this shit since before you ate vegetables
Got a lil' beard
And now everyone feeling you
Now you a man
Better stand on your principles
Impeach the president
He ain’t respectable
[Hook]
Only original
Black individual
Only original
Black individuals
Only original
Black individual
Only original
Only original (I fuck with)
Only original
Black individual
Only original (Yeah)
Black individuals (Uh-huh, yeah)
Only original (Uh-huh, yeah)
Black individual
Only original
Black individual (I fuck with, uh)
[Verse 2]
20-1-7
A deal on the table
I didn’t take it
Fast forward three years
Shit, mine for the taking
No time to waste it
I am more alien
ATL finest
I move with the climate
I'm ancient
Lived many lives
By the time I was five
That’s on god
I knew I was gone make it
I was jus' baking
I was jus' making
Shit, you can roll up a spliff
Like Khalifa go up
When we ride you know
I am still blazin'
Rap all the time
The booth my lil' vacation
If I set goals ho'
I rise to occasion
Not on occasion
She like my rhymes
She put lines in quotations
Food, I like cajun
Blacked out america
My illustration
Four hundred years
Nigga, fuck delegation
We’d like reparations
[Hook]
Only original
Black individuals
Only original
Black individuals
Only original
Black individuals
Only-
Ah, fuck! Only!
Only original
Black individuals
Only original (Yeah)
Black individuals (Yeah, yeah)
Only original (Yeah, yeah)
Black individuals
Only original
Black individuals (Ah, fuck!)
[Outro]
Blacked out america
My illustration
Four hundred years
Nigga, fuck delegation
We’d like reparations
Original! was written by Jelani Imani.
Original! was produced by Jelani Imani.
Jelani Imani released Original! on Wed Mar 18 2020.