The Brink

Say her name! Breonna Taylor! Say her name! Breonna Taylor Say her name! Breonna Taylor! Say her name! Breonna Taylor! Say her name! Breonna Taylor! Say her name! Breonna Taylor Say her name! Breonna Taylor! THIS RIGHT HERE'S FOR ALL MY NIGGAS! THIS RIGHT HERE'S FOR-- Yeah I get closer everyday to the brink My soul ain't sitting right, my heart ain't beating well or in sync I get lost inside my thoughts when I think, got all my wisdom extinct I'm just an artist when I'm rapping, activist if we link A nigga boy to this system that wants me dead or gone missing And got me fed up existing. I'll throw my life in the ring Just to feel something I'll give anything to feel something Now even stating what I like brings me anger, fear, and spite I ain't lost, just a soldier with his helmet and his knife Lost the rifle and his sight, I ain't pressed, just ight At my best when I'm mourning or I'm stressing through the night I haven't known happiness since I was pushed forced to see the light I know I'm passionate but that won't be enough to prove I'm right Am I wrong if I'm questioning the methods of the fight How much is my freedom worth if freedom's free for whites The men I thought were leaders showed their colors blue and pink Corrupted by the substance, capitol their ghoulish kink Tossed the goal aside and tore us down for Cuban links 'Cause a nigga gon be broke until the systems' broken They showed me why I stand with women when it's fists we're holding Ain't satisfied till it's survivors that we give devotion I hope you notice I've been focused on my actions mostly And stepping back, lending space for those not in this for the boasting I hear stomping in the street, will I rise or ride the beat If my eyes are watching God I'd find some solace on my feet It's no more silence not from me, I let my conscience loose to speak All these actions and words as intentional as can be Yo. We want revision, some niggas don't see the vision Not begging for you to listen but hold up, shift your pistons They're gearing up for a war and we're peering off to the distance Fighting for revolution, you marching for recognition! What is it, that you wanted? Decisions, fall upon us To make, so we can break and be victims like how they want us Predictable as a sonnet, you'd kill us for half their privilege, dawg Black men we living so disingenuous Pillaging our own villages for everything that's provided By all our family united until we're entering And say all black lives matter until it's Megan And Courtney, Brayla, or Kayla we aiming our hatred aimless I hate it! Tell me why we can't just say her name Nigga Yo I hear them in the crowd, shouting out "let them speak" Before the bullets fly, I'm arriving at my peace And it's there for a second. It's gone in a blink So I don't need a ride I'll drive myself to the brink Dearly departed. Dearly departed I hope you're happy now Look what you started I don't know what's out there But it's slow for down here Won't need a ride where I'm going I'll drive myself there I don't know what's out there But it's slow for down here Won't need a ride where I'm going I'll drive myself there, self there Yeah THIS RIGHT HERE'S FOR ALL MY NIGGAS!