[Intro]
Hey, yo
You know I gotta do it
Hey, yo
I'ma just jump right in, look

[Chorus]
My Emily, my Emily, yeah
It all started with you
In a time of racism, yeah
In a town of voodoo
My Emily, my Emily, yeah
It all started with you
In a time of racism, ooh, Lord
In a town of voodoo

[Post-Chorus]
Emily, oh
My sweet Emily
Look how far we've come

[Break]
Nah, nah, let me break it down for you, look here
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse]
My Emily had Viola and Viola had a G
That G had my mama and my mama had me
Dealing with the trauma and pain I never speak
That shit get kinda hard when it's generations deep
Do you hear me?
I had to look back 'cause it's generations deep
Do you hear me? Yeah
Be for real, I know shit that wouldn't be if it wasn't
[Chorus]
My Emily, my Emily, yeah
It all startеd with you
In a time of racism, yeah
In a town of voodoo
My Emily, my Emily, yeah
It all startеd with you
In a time of racism, ooh, Lord
In a town of voodoo

[Post-Chorus]
Emily, oh
My sweet Emily
Look how far we've come