Album Cover No Merci

No Merci

Little Simz

5

Who you know getting busy with the force like, "ha-ha"

Laugh cos we good, that′s hakuna matata

Bet you wanna see a Black woman get activeWhenever they chat shit, I just say nada

Free from the BS, I was carrying the weight

Being stuck up in The Matrix, it's a rat race

Giving ′em our truth, and they gave us blackface

Why you wanna make a mockery of my pain?

Way too long we been carrying the shame

If we knew we had magic, would we put needles in our veins?

That's that selling us a lie shit

Keep us low, then we get high quick, and it doesn't change

I was down and out had my bank account untamed

Trusting of the people billing every call made

Everybody here getting money off my name

Irony is, I′m the only one not getting paid

You been tanning in the sun, so now I′ma throw shade

I probably paid for your Balmain

Know you're good at selling me the nigga dream

1m might just make a nigga scream, "Nigga, we made it!"

Gimme equity if you about it

We been here climbing these mountains

Trekking through the rain

Ownership is the only conversation we can have

Taking the throne back, you shouldn′t have got attached

No merci

No

Free the birds, tuppence a bag

Hella diamonds in a stash

Currency in cash, put the bullshit in the trash

Niggas riding out, got the Bible on the dash

God, do everything you can to prevent us from a crash

You know that I'm unapologetically Black

I can see it making nervous here, you ain′t gotta act

I'm a human landmine

I am not a human being you can gaslight

If the contract more than two pages, it′s a bad sign

I was convinced it was fine, it's my damn time

16, calling America on the landline

Thank God that my brother kept the flashlight

Needed guidance through the dark, I know sad times

I know good hearts, you is bad-mind

Everything is archived, I can never be stopped

Can't get through to me, you′ll see that you been blocked

No merci

Don′t get lost in the sauce, when he talk

Take your time, be sure

They want you rushing life decisions over a three-course meal

Next thing you know, you're doing free tours

I can put you on game, power in your name

The minute you sell that, everything is gonna change

What would happen if you bought into their vision?

And what would happen if you put your people in positions

You ain′t in the studio with me, but want commission

And if I wanna release my art, I need permission

There's hidden agendas here we should unpack

Forgive me if I′m yakked, I'm just genuinely baffled

Please don′t ever sell your soul, it's a trap

They want me talking online, but I put it in my raps

Looks like I'm the only one spitting facts

I′m finally free now, they hoping I relapse

No merci

No merci

They been hurting you, do yourself a favour

They do not deserve you, you can′t be their saviour

You're only human too, do yourself a favour

They do not deserve you, you can′t be their saviour

You're only human too, do yourself a favour

They do not deserve you, you can′t be their saviour

You're only human too