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Black Money

 

“Black Money” by J.A. Outlaw is the first single released from the Black Money Exhibit Soundtrack. It’s an upbeat 90s-style Dancehall-Reggae track with a modern twist that name-drops different currencies previously and currently used in Africa and the African Diaspora. It calls for Black people to invest their money in assets, build wealth, and have more representation on their currencies, the latter issue referring more to the American and European contexts. Like the gold coin that forms the cover art of this single, Outlaw shines on “Black Money,” especially on the bridge, where he emphasizes, “…full time we have we own money…Marcus Garvey fight fi we, you know. Martin Luther King…Malcom X…Black people, a time fi unite. We need we own currency, we need we own land, we need we own place!!!” The artist implores his audience to “generate nuff wealth and keep it legit,” but he also asks the pressing question, “if Black Lives Matter why we still inna poverty?” A song that speaks to this moment, “Black Money” is out on all major digital music platforms – https://smarturl.it/pb07mi. It’s already creating a major buzz on the national and international music scene.

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BLACK MONEY

J.A. Outlaw

 

Intro

Black Money Exhibit

A we say Black Power

Black currency

Black excellence 

Hey

 

Verse 1

Spend some Real and Cruzeiro, while me a chill inna Rio de Janeiro

Naira, fi di yutes dem a Nigeria, Cedi and Peso, mucho dinero

Ivory Coast pon a vacay and a spend Francs, but Jah Jah know a Black people fi deh pon Euro 

Botswana mek di money rain, Pula, till it full up inna me house like a pool yah

 

Angola wid di Angolar, Accompong Lumi backed by the solar

Libya with the Dinar, and Liberia have di Dollar

Ariary over Madagascar

Mi a buy some asset not no hot car

Black people a we a the top, Star, seh a we a the top, Star

 

Chorus

Black Money Exhibit, generate nuff wealth and keep it legit

Yeah we want we own money, put we pon we Black money, and we wah we own money

Black money me a pree, bigger than riches man born wealthy

Yeah we want we own money, put we pon we Black money, and we wah we own money

 

Verse 2

Millions a Gourde fi the people dem a Haiti

Mansa Musa money mek dem wah hate me

Seychelles weh the yutes dem deh deh a spend Rupee

The Black president me represent the Black currency

 

Ano Uncle Sam but me want US plenty

Full time them put Tubman pon the twenty

Black business, like Rihanna and Fenty

If Black Live Matter, why we still inna poverty 

 

Inna South Africa weh me affi spend the Rand

Go over deh say me ago buy a piece a land

Through me have a couple grand, dem a call me the Don

A Black President a fight fi Black man

 

Chorus

Black Money Exhibit, generate nuff wealth and keep it legit

Yeah we want we own money, put we pon we Black money, and we want we own money

Black money me a pree, bigger than riches man born wealthy

Yeah we want we own money, put we pon we Black money, and we want we own money

 

BRIDGE

Yeah man a full time we have we own money now, u see me!

Black people fi have them own face pon them money

You see weh me a say

You know Marcus Garvey fight fi we, you know

Martin Luther King, you see weh me a say

Malcom X, you hear me a say nuh man

Black people, a time fi unite

We need we own currency, we need we own land, we need we own PLACE!!!   

 

Chorus

Black Money Exhibit, generate nuff wealth and keep it legit

Yeah we want we own money, put we pon we Black money, and we wah we own money

Black money me a pree, bigger than riches man born wealthy

Yeah we want we own money, put we pon we Black money, and we wah we own money

 

Repeat Verse 1

Spend some Real and Cruzeiro, while me a chill me inna Rio de Janeiro

Naira fi d yutes dem a Nigeria, Cedi and Peso, mucho dinero

Ivory Coast pon a vacay and a spend Francs but, Jah Jah know a Black people fi deh pon Euro 

Botswana mek di money rain, Pula, till it full up inna me house like pool yah

 

Angola wid di Angolar, Accompong Lumi backed by the solar

Libya with the Dinar, and Liberia have di Dollar

Ariary over Madagascar

Mi a buy some asset not no hot car

Black people a we a the top, Star, seh a we a the top, Star

 

Chorus

Black Money Exhibit, generate nuff wealth and keep it legit

Yeah we want we own money, put we pon we Black money, and we wah we own money

Black money me a pree, bigger than riches man born wealthy

Yeah we want we own money, put we pon we Black money, and we wah we own money

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