Blackberry Marmalade Lyrics – Vince Staples

Blackberry Marmalade Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Empires built on bloodstained ground
Kanye West, I pray they all fall down (Uh-huh)
London Bridge, they’re tryna cross you now (Uh-huh)
Don’t crash out, Dirty Diana (Dirty Diana)
I got the hammer
I know it’s polarizin’ (You know)
I miss my nana
She used to tell me ’bout her

[Chorus]
Blackberry marmalade and sweet tea
Beats the summer blaze, they say
Honesty the best policy? Okay (Say it)
Blackberry marmalade and sweet tea
Beats the summer blaze, they say
Honesty the best policy? Okay (Say it)

[Post-Chorus]
Promise me you won’t gun me down
Promise me you won’t gun mе down
Promise me you won’t gun me down
Promisе me you won’t gun me down
Promise me you won’t gun me down
Promise me you won’t gun me down
Promise me you won’t gun me down

[Verse 2]
Anti-establishment, crackers on that shadiness (You know it)
Crackers watched me work and break my back and said they gave me this (You know it)
Crackers tapped my pockets with a tax and said they made me rich (Yeah)
Cracker jacked the sound and soul, then boxed me in and shelved my shit like Black men (Uh, uh)
Don’t let ’em trouble you (Don’t let it trouble you)
American front on you (It’s gonna be okay)
I know it befuddles you
But don’t let it get to you (Don’t let it get to you)
Just know that they miserable (Know that they miserable)
And know that behind every smile
They thinkin’ ’bout killin’ you (Say it)

[Bridge]
N-I-G-G-A (Say it)
N-I-G-G-A (It’s o— it’s okay to say)
N-I-G-G-A (Just say it, please)
N-I-G-G-A (I won’t tell anybody)

[Verse 3]
Ghetto nigga, gangsta nigga, dangerous nigga, famous nigga
Bougie nigga, Louis nigga, Prada nigga, Gucci nigga
Artist nigga, heartless nigga, honest nigga, smartest nigga
Say it how I meant it and I call it like I saw it (Say it)
Scholar nigga, proper nigga, kill a nigga, rob a nigga
Conscious nigga, pompous nigga, South and Orizaba nigga
Californiacated nigga, highly-elevated nigga
Ain’t you glad I made it, nigga? Go’n ‘head, say it (Bitch)
Thuggish nigga, ruggish nigga, coveted, beloved nigga
Kiss a nigga, hug a nigga, if you fine, then fuck a nigga
Master never love a nigga, always tryna cuff a nigga
Obama, Kamala nigga, who the fuck you calling nigga?

[Chorus]
Blackberry marmalade and sweet tea
Beats the summer blaze, they say
Honesty the best policy? Okay (Say it)
Blackberry marmalade and sweet tea
Beats the summer blaze, they say
Honesty the best policy? Okay (They lying)

[Post-Chorus]
Promise me you won’t gun me down
Promise me you won’t gun me down
Promise me you won’t gun me down
Promise me you won’t gun me down
Promise me you won’t gun me down
Promise me you won’t gun me down
Promise me you won’t gun me down

[Outro]
N-I-G-G-A
N-I-G-G-A
N-I-G-G-A