Lyrics for Testimony by Dave Stewart and Nadirah X from the album Ink

Let me testify

Rose and rose silent stones

In the cemetery

They don’t need you tight

Just your testimony

Remember all I got is my word

My word is bouncing

Even though I am gone

My word leaves on

From the word came flash

So is my word till my death

.. I always spoke from my heart

Set hypocrisy apart

I always remember my start

When I spit shit from my mice

And the master said oh that girl was tight

Never morn for me I understand a lot of ..

My folks couldn’t get to me

Ask the universe to bless my mind

In the sky wherever it resides

Can I get five minutes of this time

Before I hit the darkness or the light

Whenever I spoke of love

Every time he hugged I truly meant it

I am not your partner in crime

Don’t wanna be your comate

Something you have to give

Your testimony

We have shackled and … stone me

What’s left of me now

Is your testimony

I am giving you my all in this track

The truth must be true even though ..

I need you to feel what I see

Take the nightmares and turn them into a dream

Will you remember me

Remember me

Remember my eyes

How they figure from blue gray and green

Remember that I never got me

I was never part of the scene

Always had bigger dreams than becoming a …

I stood out in the crowd I never sold my soul

I never just got down

I always stood my ground

More enthusiastic more metaphors and nouns

I .. with some of the greatest

Never smiled if I never meant it

Never cry if I never felt it

.. when I spoke my spirit couldn’t be broke

I progress from within

I tried to understand the alpha and omega

.. I always set my knees before bed

I made what I said

I am not your partner in crime

Don’t wanna be your comate

Something you have to give

Your testimony

We have shackled and … stone me

What’s left of me now

Is your testimony

I some future time

They attempt this on me

I have to rely

On your testimony