Haliwa

This that strong kinda love Hold you down kinda love Rep my city, raising kiddies, aging pretty Never drop your crown kinda love I get it from my mama And she get it from hers Passing down the mantle Put the flame to the candle of them redbone girls Springing up in the 252 Like a tree that's planted by the water I know exactly who I am Because I am my mothers daughter Yeahhhhh All day Everyday Soul tied to my tribe like Yeahhhhh All day everyday Haliwa, Haliwa Got my city on my back like a cape No cap Like a cape No cap Like a cape If it won't for where I'm from I wouldn't be where I'm at Wouldn't be where I'm at Haliwa, Haliwa Your whole history is because of me Indigenous and excellent Carolina makes em a different way Heart of gold in melanin That same strong kinda love Hold you down kinda love that watch the way you talk to me and mine kinda love Respect is earned But with me required Cause your license to loot all my land expired Springing up in the 252 Like a tree that's planted by the water I know exactly who I am Because I am my mothers daughter Yeahhhhh All day Everyday Soul tied to my tribe like Yeahhhhh All day everyday Haliwa, Haliwa Got my city on my back like a cape No cap Like a cape No cap Like a cape If it won't for where I'm from I wouldn't be where I'm at Wouldn't be where I'm at Haliwa, Haliwa