Here we are again
Another black man
Being slain
IN BROAD DAY LIGHT
Here we are again
Another man
Shot to death
Another black mans life
Hangs in the balance
Another black mans life
Took...
Took way too soon
They yell
HANDS UP
... then shoot
You run
N' they seek
With their Glock 17
Cock n' loaded
Hands down by your side
Then up behind your head
Like they DIDNT just bark orders
They rush to your side
Now you've lost your life
All this due to GUN VIOLENCE
N' the Ill equipped
Fully trained officers
Get to claim
It was an accident
If you're black
You've just become
A walking target
It ain't safe on these streets
If your skin is darker
Then the darkest shade of pale ivory
It ain't safe on these street
If your hair is kinkier
Then a 2c
...A 2C
Because apparently
How nappy your hair is
Defines whether or not you're a person
Or if you deserve to live
Here we are again
Mourning the lost
Of another human being
Due to hatred
You walk
THEY SHOOT
You run
THEY SHOOT
White privilege
Can I have some of that?
Because apparently
You don't have the right
To sleep in your own home
To walk the streets
In your own neighborhood
You comply
N' they end your life
They wear our lives
Like they wear those badges
We scream
#BLACK LIVES MATTER
Then they scream
#blue lives matter
#BLACK LIVES MATTER
#all lives matter
APPARENTLY YOU HAVEN'T HEARD
ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER
A PROTEST TO OUR PROTEST
FUCK KIND OF SHIT IS THAT
All I hear is
I CAN'T BREATHE
I'm handcuffed
On the ground
With your foot on my neck
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
I CANT BREATHE
Sir I'm not resisting arrest
If you let go I'll do what you need
If you move your knee
Off my neck I'll stop moving
Sir... can you hear me?!
I CAN'T BREATHE
I guess it'll never be enough
The one up they have on us
IN GENERAL
I guess it'll never be enough
They gotta paint the streets
With our blood
Then wear our culture
Like like it wasn't just called ghetto
Five second ago
What will it take
To be equal
What will it take
To be safe when
Walking down the street
In your own neighborhood
What will it take
To not fit the description
Of every wrongdoer
What are we supposed to do?
My ancestors fought
Just so my brothers n' sisters bodies
Can lay in the dirt
Ceasing to exist
Being alive while BLACK
Is exhausting
Damn,
Damn can I have some
White privilege
