One Man Down
JoeLew
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Another black man in America Dead in the streets by the hands of police I can’t even tell you what is scarier They sworn to protect but they leave my kind deceased And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call Another black man in America Dead in the streets by the hands of police I can’t even tell you what is scarier They sworn to protect but they leave my kind deceased And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call Blacker the berry the sweeter the juice When you light as Halle berry then they loosen your noose When black as Trayvon Martin then your face on the news When you black as Eric Garner then get used to abuse That's the world we live in They Flood the gates of prisons Systemic racism is how hey they get away with lynching Systemic racism is how hey they get away with lynching Systemic racism is how hey they get away with lynching No You can't the beat the system Is you a suspect or a victim They teach us how to read to see our destiny was written They show us that we bleed and make examples out our children Deprive us of our needs and paint the image that we're villains Woah Another day another dollar Another day another black man gone cause of the spite Of racist cop who couldn't tell his wrongs from his rights Read a nigga all his rights or kill him from a faulty light Stop me if I'm wrong or you could sing along The message to this song is something you can carry on I'm black dog I'm black and I'm proud Stop the violence right now You killin somebody's child We're all children of God and I know that siblings fight We're all sinners but with love we're all bound to see the light The shower of doubt powered by cowards of fright Don't confuse political views from what’s wrong and what’s right Another black man in America Dead in the streets by the hands of police I can’t even tell you what is scarier They sworn to protect but they leave my kind deceased And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call Another black man in America Dead in the streets by the hands of police I can’t even tell you what is scarier They sworn to protect but they leave my kind deceased And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call If you nice with the rock they tell you shut up and dribble For my employees out on salary just shut up and nibble You get a piece of the pie and you think you sit at this table You think we really care about you everybody got cable Man everybody is looking we gotta make sure that the statements we put out isn’t crooked Financial statements that get tampered while nobody looking Nobody checking for real investigators from the government JP Morgan be covering But let a nigga come down yo street 2020 off the lot no keys no lease Straight cash bet the IRS be coming for his ass the next week Donate a million out to trump straight chicken gotta eat But that’s fake news my nigga nobody gonna cancel us Money out they pocket and feed them something that’s cancerous You never seen a vegan selection inside the hood Everybody ramen noodle babies shit we all good Everybody struggling we one race don’t bother Everybody had to wait on they food from McDonald’s Everybody had to go and deal with 12 The whitest skin get fines while my melanin gets cells The whiter the skin, it’s like the lighter the sin When you black as George Floyd you gotta call for your kin When you black as Breonna Taylor there’s no knock warrants Until we burn this country down there ain’t no justice for us Another black man in America Dead in the streets by the hands of police I can’t even tell you what is scarier They sworn to protect but they leave my kind deceased And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call Another black man in America Dead in the streets by the hands of police I can’t even tell you what is scarier They sworn to protect but they leave my kind deceased And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call And It’s crazy we don’t know who to call
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