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Zakiyyah - "Shades of Black: The Hip-Hopera"

Zakiyyah presents the official music video of "Shades of Black: The Hip-Hopera", directed by David Montoya. Listen: https://ps.onerpm.com/6167438459 Instagram:   / zakiyyah_official   Official Site: https://www.zakiyyahofficial.com ""Shades of Black: The Hip-Hopera" is the first presentation of her debut album "African Import". Long before being introduced to the awe-inspiring world of Opera, Zakiyyah was singing along to the mesmerizing sounds of Patti Labelle, New Birth, and Smokey Robinson that beamed from her parents’ stereos. In that Boston-home, she inherited the bold, socially-conscious values that cultivated her into the profound, luring artist and activist that she is today. Her debut album, African Import, promises to be a continuation of the distinctive excellence that propelled her artistry into the ground-breaking force that the world will soon cherish. Lyrics Chorus: It’s Hip-Hopera (8x) Verse 1: No I’m not number 1 cuz I’m in my own category/ The perfect blend of evident and allegory/ The perfect supplement to this triumphant story/ Of black renaissance and its ascent to glory/ Academics like to call it double-consciousness/ I call it melanin-induced confidence/ I call it representing every continent/ And making sure those asleep are now cognizant/ Not really a rapper but limits don’t occur to me/ Graduated 1st—Ripshop University/ They’re tryna figure out which box to put me in/ I told them pick any one and I’ll make it bend/ Whether in the ghetto or at the symphony/ I carry my naps like wives carry Tiffany/ They call it inappropriate I call it history/ Making black as legit as Becky’s sanctity/ This for my people’s that twerk but still read/ This for my posse that’s bright but smoke weed/ This for them eyes too limited to see/ That black is just as Michelle as Cardi B/ That black is just as Lupita as it is me/ That black never gets in with the keys/ That before we can grow we must receive/ All the forms we’re blessed to conceive/ Chorus: It’s Hip-Hopera (8x) Verse 2: Let your tongue form the smooth sounds of Ebonics/ And when they ask why, tell ‘em that your culture’s chronic/ Sicker than the flu but even better yet iconic/ Unlike the people tryna copy it—how ironic/ If ethnic ain’t professional enough for the corporate/ Don’t assimilate, instead readjust the orbit/ Put your fro in the center of it and absorb it/ And come wash day--throw that ish in the toilet/ And yes just as real eyes realize/ Recognize that negro eyes, negroize/ Put respectability politics aside/ And replace it with a strong stride of black pride/ As your ears consume this opera mixed with rap/ Note where the world is lacking and then fill the gap/ Now grab your neighbor's hand and join in as we make a pact/ To never let our wish to fit in compromise our black/ Bridge: I know my history is excellence personified/ And if I do embrace it then that greatness will be multiplied/ I promise to reach out to my brethren who forego the mission/ If it’s cuz they’re scared of darkness, give it a new definition/ I know black was made to represent all that’s bad and evil/ Only cuz power this profound had to be illegal/ Attempts to subdue my spirit are an act of violence/ I’ll speak loud for every long century my voice was silenced/ Chorus (2x): It’s Hip-Hopera (8x) #hiphop #zakiyyah #empowerment http://vevo.ly/VjUSl6