Black Rose Lecrae

[Intro: Barrington Levy]
In my garden, oh ayy, in my garden, oh ah
To keep and care it you've got to water it
To keep and care it you've got to water it

[Chorus: Lecrae & Barrington Levy]
She ain't never seen Garden of Eden
Only seen garden of bleeding
And some are gonna lie and hate and make her feel like she's a heathen
She ain't never seen Garden of Eden
Only seen garden of bleeding
And some are gonna lie and hate and make her feel like she's a heathen
Black rose, black rose
Black rose, black rose
Black rose, black rose
Black rose, black rose

[Verse 1: Lecrae]
Their roots dirty but their petals stay pretty
Somebody tried to take the purity say they unworthy
The black rose grows deep in the city streets
But them stems still peak up under the concrete yeah
Bleak is around looking life but them never seen a flower
Grow under the moonlight
Mama had me readin Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice
I was looking for identity they stole mine twice
So I turn to the rude boy gangsters first
But the bad man withers and returns to the earth
Now it's ashes to ashes dirt to dirt
A black rose without a chance to grasp her worth