Dee Collins - Black in Amerikkka Lyrics

Brothers be paid and they still see a broke nigga
Brothers self made and they still see a dope dealer
Learned being black is both a blessing and a curse
Our mentalities dead but our bodies just the hearse
We just tryna do right and live by God's plan
Fighting through oppression tryna reason with white man
We're all in the same boats, no double entendre
Gotta protect our queens or they'll get offed like Sandra
Moms hold your sons close, gotta strengthen that bond
A walk home gone bad end up like Trayvon
Small crimes can get him killed just ask George
Or Michael with his hands up what they kill him for
Adam guns down the school house but yall deem him mental
But Michael gunned down for a traffic stop down in Temple
Breonna Taylor shot 8 times for abiding the law
Atatiana gunned down from a wellness call
They said every pig with a badge ain't bad
Well every brother ain't a savage yet yall niggas still mad
Man I find the shit sad
Took all we got and everything we had
Land of the free still treated second class

Try being black in this land called Amerikkka
How the country for centuries try to tear at us
Brought to a foreign land we had to build up
Seek the fruits of our labors and then they kill us
Our melanin like gold that shits on demand
They'll Kendrick Johnson our bodies to get it in their hand
Emulate the culture but won't take a stand
We were only a piece but never part of plan

America grew off black blood, sweat, and tears
But we slowly gaining power done living in fear
Y'all done seen our talk through our actions over the years
Thought we was problematic? Y'all ain't seen shit dear
They say racism doesn't exist I ask em are you dumb
Y'all don't see these white cops killing us for fun
See all the black men who never ever made it home
Like Ricky, Eric, Alton, Oscar, Jerome
The race shit twisted and the hate is sick
Tell us how to get justice but yall ain't giving it
The world was made to shake us
System set to break us
How I worry for my daughter my nephews my niece
How we ever gonna progress if we can't get no peace
We gone hit that breaking point and start taking over
Cause we learned power in number as we been getting older
We bringing heat, set fire to a world that's colder

Try being black in this land called Amerikkka
How the country for centuries try to tear at us
Brought to a foreign land we had to build up
Seek the fruits of our labors and then they kill us
Our melanin like gold that shits on demand
They'll Kendrick Johnson our bodies to get it in their hand
Emulate the culture but won't take a stand
We were only a piece but never part of plan