I’ve been stripped of my name
I’ve been torn near out of frame
You want me to be nothing
But I say I got to be something

You can’t strip me, no
I won’t let go of my hope (2x’s)

My forefathers worked the field
Education you wouldn’t give
This is a new day and time
And I got success on my mind

You can’t strip me, no
Said I won’t let go of my hope (2x’s)

You crowd your prisons with us
Put us in projects until we rust
But I’m here to let you know
That systemic racism has got to go

You can’t strip me, no, no, no
And I won’t let go of my hope