FIGHT

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“FIGHT” is the twelfth track on SATURATION II in which Ameer and Dom address the complex issues of growing up as a black child and becoming black men in America. Whether… Read More

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FIGHT Lyrics

[Verse 1: Ameer Vann]
My male role models drug dealers and thugs
My father learned how to solve problems with guns
And when I grew up, I learned what racism was
And what teaching it does, and like my teachers would say:
"Little Black boys have a place in the world
Like hanging from trees, or dead in the street"
Like I seen on TV
All them boys they killed, they looked just like me
Not like Brandon or Chandler, but Malik and Kareem
I was born with a target, and it stuck to my skin
And I learned in social studies, I was one of them men
Who were locked in the chains, but not locked in the pen
But I'm bigger than that, I'm the beginning and end

[Verse 2: Dom McLennon]
I'm the sun and the moon
I'm the light and the dark, I am life in the tomb
I'm the pharaoh and slave, gentrifying my spirit
It's like a knife in the womb, refuse to act like a parrot
Or to dance like a monkey; see, your stance is apparent
That's why I'm here for the money, don't care to cater to merit
Y'all fetishizing my spirit, I see your culture’s dependent
On what you didn’t inherit, won't let my world be attempted
I'm staying distant

[Outro: Ameer Vann & Merlyn Wood]
In the game, in the game, in the game, in the game (Bloodsucka!)
In the game, in the game, in the game, in the game (Bloodsucka!)
Running thangs, running, run, running, run, running thangs (Bloodsucka!)
Running thangs, running, run, running, run, running thangs
In the game, in the game, in the game, in the, in the
In the game, in the game, in the game, running thangs
Running thangs, running, run, running, run, running, run
Running thangs, running, run, running, run, running thangs

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“FIGHT” is the twelfth track on SATURATION II in which Ameer and Dom address the complex issues of growing up as a black child and becoming black men in America.

Whether it be in the classroom or the home, Ameer is constantly reminded of his skin color and how it will affect him throughout his life. He felt like his future as a victim had been predetermined due to his race. Dom, on the other hand, ignores the expectations for black men in order to make money and promote his own success.

The song is all about rising up past these struggles and defying society’s expectation of what you can achieve.