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My 2020 vision ain't too clear
We still moving with the mask on
Still got fear
For our brothers
And our sisters
Sons and daughters
And ourselves
Can't breathe or sleep easy
When the system always fails
It was never meant for us
It was never meant to help
Got us praying out to heaven
But it's time to give em hell
Wish em well
Wishing well
Throw some change in the water
I rebel
You rebel
They can't change our aura

We just
Tryna live but they take life from us
I got
Love to give
But they hate my color
Saw them kill my sister
Watched them rape my brother
But they still made it home to they family
So fuck em
They don't understand the pain
They don't understand what's going through my brain
All the trauma that we face
They don't understand the pain
I want em all to understand the pain
Make em feel it just the same

We done seen so much horror
On a cosmic scale
Cold blooded lizards killing
Got our blood on they scales
It's time we tipped the scales
I thought
Justice would be blind
But she seems to ignore you
If your skin brown as mine
And I find
Time and time again
Story always similar
Talking bout "crime"
When the boys steady killing us
They do it on camera
Yeah, pose for the camera
They smile at the camera
My memory is filling up
They get away with murder
And frame it like we deserved it
Bringing up rap sheets
While the media burn us
Like CD's in 2010
Wave the burner like a fan
My .38 is hella special
I may let the chamber spin
I ain't got not time to waste
I ain't got no bread to spend
I'ma exercise my freedom
While they try to cage me in
Staging killings just to hype up gang related crimes?
I ain't stupid
Fuck the swine
Feel like it's bout time

We just
Tryna live but they take life from us
I got
Love to give
But they hate my color
Saw them kill my sister
Watched them rape my brother
But they still made it home to they family
So fuck em
They don't understand the pain
They don't understand what's going through my brain
All the trauma that we face
They don't understand the pain
I want em all to understand the pain
Make em feel it just the same

Breonna Taylor
George Floyd
Ahmaud Arbery
Sandra Bland
Korryn Gaines
Atatiana
Tony McDade
Freddie Gray
Tamir Rice
The list grows
We mourning, morning through the night
And I can't take this shit
Ain't complacent
Know we gotta change
But can't contain the rage
I'm tryna turn the page
But blood's on the leaves
Racism's still alive
Please, I can't breathe
Please, I can't breathe
Please, I can't breathe
Please, I can't breathe
They tryna kill me
We came to protest
They shooting at the crowd
Meanwhile, the triple K
Marching with they guns out
Please, we can't breathe
Please, we can't breathe
Please, we can't breathe
They tryna kill me
They shooting tear gas
We just came to protest
White supremacist are marching
With they rifles' on they chest
Fuck em

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from The Untitled Collection of Songs About Stuff!, released November 30, 2021

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