OCTAVIA
Jamila Woods"OCTAVIA" is a song by Jamila Woods, released in 2019 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:50 long and contains 31 lines and 210 words.
Lyrics
0:16Don't ever let a textbook scare you
0:24You the missing piece OG technology they stole you
0:33Don't ever let 'em knock the way you talk
0:36The language you evolve your natural genius
0:41Merch it
0:49Oh-oh-oh-oh
0:53Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
0:58I'm the truth I am a fact
1:02They lie on me I have to laugh
1:06I write it down it happens next
1:10So be it see to it
1:15I'm the truth I am a fact
1:18They lie on me I have to laugh
1:22I write it down it happens next
1:26So be it see to it
1:39It used to be the worst crime to write a line
1:47Our great great greats risked their lives learned letters fireside
1:56Like a seat on a bus like heel in a march
2:00Like we holdin' a torch it's our inheritance
2:04They tease our pronunciations then try to mimic our greatness
2:08We are a precious creation our black has no imitation
2:13Oh-oh-oh-oh
2:16Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
2:21I'm the truth I am a fact
2:25They lie on me I have to laugh
2:29I write it down it happens next
2:33So be it see to it
2:38I'm the truth I am a fact
2:41They lie on me I have to laugh
2:46I write it down it happens next
2:50So be it see to it
Don't ever let a textbook scare you You the missing piece OG technology they stole you Don't ever let 'em knock the way you talk The language you evolve your natural genius Merch it Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh I'm the truth I am a fact They lie on me I have to laugh I write it down it happens next So be it see to it I'm the truth I am a fact They lie on me I have to laugh I write it down it happens next So be it see to it It used to be the worst crime to write a line Our great great greats risked their lives learned letters fireside Like a seat on a bus like heel in a march Like we holdin' a torch it's our inheritance They tease our pronunciations then try to mimic our greatness We are a precious creation our black has no imitation Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh I'm the truth I am a fact They lie on me I have to laugh I write it down it happens next So be it see to it I'm the truth I am a fact They lie on me I have to laugh I write it down it happens next So be it see to it
Translation
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