Peacock Riot

(ooh) Peacock on the rundown wire

Color in a hard gray sky

I came up where the heat made the whole block lean Shoes

full of dust, still I kept my shirt clean Talk was cheap,

so I learned what silence cost Every scar got a name for

the nights we lost Peacock pride in a yard full of broken

gates Gold on my back while I'm dancing around the hate I

don't beg for a seat,

I pull wood to the floor Built mine slow,

now they all want more

When you see me turn the bruise into color

You can hear the whole room breathe

I was made from the dirt and the thunder Still I carry

something clean Peacock heart,

I open when the pressure comes Feathers up,

I don't fold and I don't run From the mud to the

light, let the whole world talk I'ma shine,

I'ma strut, I'ma own this walk Peacock heart,

every wound gave a brighter flame You can doubt,

you can laugh, I stay just the same They love the style,

never ask what it did to me How many cold hallways shaped

this dignity I got friends in the smoke,

got ghosts in the paint Got a mouth full of truth and

a chest full of saints If I crack,

let it show, I ain't built for a mask Every win got

a bruise from a terrible past Still I laugh when they stare

like they never seen grace I bring art to a fight,

put a drum in its face

I was hiding all my color in the rain

Now the rain can't make me

small

Let the broken window sing my name

I'm alive through it all Peacock heart,

I open when the pressure comes Feathers up,

I don't fold and I don't run From the mud to the

light, let the whole world talk I'ma shine,

I'ma strut, I'ma own this walk Peacock heart,

every wound gave a brighter flame You can doubt,

you can laugh, I stay just the same

Color after all that weather

I'm still here (ooh)