Riser : an Ode to Black (feat. Vicky Flint)

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(I have a dream 
That my four little children will one day 
Live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color 
Of their skin but by the content of their character 
I have a dream, today...) 

Little black boy, playing in the park 
Gets killed by the cops 
Beautiful Nubian teacher on her way to work 
Gets killed by the cops 
Energetic Cornrowed youth, just loitering around the way 
Get Killed by the cops 
Some Uncle Tom'n nigga, goin' on and on, about black on black crime 
Gets killed by the cops, and that's off top 

See, what are we to do, and what are we to say? 
Is there really a God, or is that just a silly game? 
See, why are people dying every single day? (from the LAW!)
(We've already said goodbye, before we say hello)
(We've already said goodbye, before we say hello, yeah) 

From greed to green, winter to spring 
Equal opportunity medicine that's free 
This is what drives me, seeing those protests in the streets 
Globalization and democracy 
Food stamp for them dudes in the streets 
Energy that's clean, free culture remaining free 
Air for our kids to breathe, water clean, free of disease 
And I'll tell you what 
I just wanna let you know that we just want to live 
Want humankind to grow in light 

But when reality turns into a lie? 
So many questions, what do we do with this light?
But when reality turns into a lie? 
So many questions, what do we do with this light?
We rise! 
(We've already said goodbye, before we say hello)
(We've already said goodbye, before we say hello, yeah)
We rise!

We're a beautiful, courageous, and outstanding nation 
We're an equal-minded, sensually enticing, one-of-a kind people 
We're descended from foundations of the nations, BLACK MAN
We're a beautiful, courageous, and outstanding nation 
We're an equal-minded, sensually enticing, one-of-a kind people 
We're descended from foundations of the nations, BLACK MAN 
We're a beautiful, courageous, and outstanding nation 
We're an equal-minded, sensually enticing, one-of-a kind people 
We're descended from foundations of the nations, BLACK MAN
We're a beautiful, courageous, and outstanding nation 
We're an equal-minded, sensually enticing, one-of-a kind people 
We're descended from foundations of the nations, BLACK MAN
(Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado 
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California 
But not only that 
Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia 
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee 
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi 
From every mountainside, let freedom ring 
And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring 
When we let it ring from every village and every hamlet from every state and every city
We will be able to speed up that day 
When all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics
Will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual 
'Free at last! Free at last! 
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!')

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