The system is wrong
It's in desperate need of reform
We went from strange fruit on a poplar tree
To road bumps on inner city streets
It's reminiscent of 1968
Such blatant and out right hate
Chem trails and systematic genocide
The plan has been enacted nation wide
If his hands were up why did you shoot?
You're an endangered species, black youth
We come from a legacy of kings and queens
But embedded in that lynch letter, were tools to break our self esteem
For his dream brother Martin went to the grave
It's so disrespectful, to his memory, the way some of us behave
If I loved you my brother, my sisters, like you were kin to me
Through your lens, would you see me as a friend or an enemy?
We're busy fighting each other, while there's a bigger war going on
We've been placed on this chest board, but we're nothing but pawns taking pawns
If he's your brother why did you shoot?
It's nothing but population control, that's the truth
When the popular vote don't win the election, democracy is a sham
2016 proved that, through the electoral plan
Build a wall, separate, mobilize deep rooted hate
We took a knee against inequality in this land
We are worth more than 3/5, we are woman and man, black and beautiful tall we stand
Plantations, the chain gangs, modern day penitentiaries
The pipeline, mass incarceration, unfair laws to chain men once free
The 13th Amendment had a fail safe to re-introduce slavery
When the levies broke we were called refugees in this sweet land of liberty
From the Underground Railroad look how far we've come
But get on your mark because we've got more miles to run
Devory L. Pugh - The System (feat. C. Anthony Bryant & J. Kelly) Lyrics
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The system is wrong
It's in desperate need of reform
We went from strange fruit on a poplar tree
To road bumps on inner city streets
It's reminiscent of 1968
Such blatant and out right hate
Chem trails and systematic genocide
The plan has been enacted nation wide
If his hands were up why did you shoot?
You're an endangered species, black youth
We come from a legacy of kings and queens
But embedded in that lynch letter, were tools to break our self esteem
For his dream brother Martin went to the grave
It's so disrespectful, to his memory, the way some of us behave
If I loved you my brother, my sisters, like you were kin to me
Through your lens, would you see me as a friend or an enemy?
We're busy fighting each other, while there's a bigger war going on
We've been placed on this chest board, but we're nothing but pawns taking pawns
If he's your brother why did you shoot?
It's nothing but population control, that's the truth
When the popular vote don't win the election, democracy is a sham
2016 proved that, through the electoral plan
Build a wall, separate, mobilize deep rooted hate
We took a knee against inequality in this land
We are worth more than 3/5, we are woman and man, black and beautiful tall we stand
Plantations, the chain gangs, modern day penitentiaries
The pipeline, mass incarceration, unfair laws to chain men once free
The 13th Amendment had a fail safe to re-introduce slavery
When the levies broke we were called refugees in this sweet land of liberty
From the Underground Railroad look how far we've come
But get on your mark because we've got more miles to run
It's in desperate need of reform
We went from strange fruit on a poplar tree
To road bumps on inner city streets
It's reminiscent of 1968
Such blatant and out right hate
Chem trails and systematic genocide
The plan has been enacted nation wide
If his hands were up why did you shoot?
You're an endangered species, black youth
We come from a legacy of kings and queens
But embedded in that lynch letter, were tools to break our self esteem
For his dream brother Martin went to the grave
It's so disrespectful, to his memory, the way some of us behave
If I loved you my brother, my sisters, like you were kin to me
Through your lens, would you see me as a friend or an enemy?
We're busy fighting each other, while there's a bigger war going on
We've been placed on this chest board, but we're nothing but pawns taking pawns
If he's your brother why did you shoot?
It's nothing but population control, that's the truth
When the popular vote don't win the election, democracy is a sham
2016 proved that, through the electoral plan
Build a wall, separate, mobilize deep rooted hate
We took a knee against inequality in this land
We are worth more than 3/5, we are woman and man, black and beautiful tall we stand
Plantations, the chain gangs, modern day penitentiaries
The pipeline, mass incarceration, unfair laws to chain men once free
The 13th Amendment had a fail safe to re-introduce slavery
When the levies broke we were called refugees in this sweet land of liberty
From the Underground Railroad look how far we've come
But get on your mark because we've got more miles to run
Writer: Devory Pugh, JaQwon Kelly
Copyright: Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Copyright: Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid