Zoné Korae - Blood Sugar Memory Lyrics

[Intro]
Family tree got disease in the roots
Memories fading like old photographs, truth
Papa's hands shake like the leaves in the wind
Trying to hold on to what's slipping within

[Verse 1]
Broke my father's drum when I was just a kid
Now his fingers break down, can't keep steady grip
Watching tremors take him, piece by piece away
Doctor's words echo like drums from back in the day
Sugar in my bloodline, bitter in my veins
Colonial ghosts still rattling these chains
Every shake, every tremor tells a story untold
Of kingdoms forgotten and bodies grown old

[Chorus]
Blood sugar memory, running through my veins
Can't wash it away, can't kill this pain
Blood sugar memory, inherited disease
Papa's hands keep shaking, Lord, just let him be free

[Verse 2]
They took our drums, now they taking our minds
Generation curse, running out of time
Papa used to beat rhythms strong and true
Now he can't hold a spoon, shit, what can I do?
Medical bills stacking, system got us trapped
While they study our bodies like some ancient map
But we still here standing, even when we shake
Got that warrior blood that they cannot take

[Bridge]
Memories dissolving like sugar in rain
DNA carrying centuries of pain
But we still dancing, even through the storm
Even when our bodies won't conform

[Outro]
Blood sugar memory, that's all we got left
Every tremor telling stories of theft
But we still rising, still making our sound
Even when this disease trying to bring us down