Triangular Trade

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, I go by the name Skull
I just need a moment to elaborate some things
Feel me
Let me tell you about bravery. Matter of fact, let me tell you about slavery

It's deep, so stay with me. The transatlantic slave trade was responsible
The forced migration, it was so pathological. A disaster
About 15 million from Africa to the Western Hemisphere
The end was near. Whoever tried to run, they were shot

Then they left them there. They used death to scare
And some wonder why I have an edge or load two guns every night
Before I go to bed, slavery still exists in another form
Some of the threats nowadays are in uniform

So warn your kids and warn them good
Because it's not just your neighbors in your neighborhood
I said warn your kids and warn them good
Because it's not just your neighbors in your neighborhood

Triangle of trade trapped in my brain
The story of my ancestors captured and slaved
From Africa to Europe and back to the States
For commercial goods, they will sell them like it's a game

Triangle of trade trapped in my brain
The story of my ancestors captured and slaved
From Africa to Europe and back to the States
For commercial goods, they will sell them like it's a game

I'll talk more about the Middle Passage
But first, understand all the pain I reflect in my chapters
It's far from my own anger
Propaganda mixed with hate

I'll reflect on this manner
Why you think blacks are different shades?
Women raped, but yet they blame blacks for the spread of AIDS
It's more than hypocrisy

Possibly it's the greed and the lust
But that's my philosophy
Or maybe it's a prophecy
Who knows what really led to the practice of monogamy

I solemnly swear all the years without my pops to see
I got out of jail in my head
I found the locking key, my figure of speech
You can taste my apostrophe

Broke out of the shackles and now there's nothing stopping me
Triangle of trade trapped in my brain
The story of my ancestors captured and slaved
From Africa to Europe and back to the States

For commercial goods they will sell them like it's a game
Triangle of trade trapped in my brain
The story of my ancestors captured and slaved
From Africa to Europe and back to the States

For commercial goods they will sell them like it's a game
Fast forward now
We get judged, but not by the judge
Durag's on, all they see is thugs

They got it in they mind, all we need is drugs
Getting shot in the spine, all we feel is slugs
We get judged, but not by the judge
Durag's on, all they see is thugs

They got it in they mind, all we need is drugs
Getting shot in the spine, all we feel is slugs
I want y'all to think about it for a minute
Being taken out of your home

In your own comfort zone
Only to be sold, put to work against your will
Forced migration is one thing
But being slaughtered and separated from your family isn't human

Being sold for raw materials, really
That's when we could truly say
Black lives didn't matter