2014
Cole asked bout being happy
But I gotta ask
What kinda question is that
Living in a world
Where your hair bad if it's nappy
Labeled as a fool
If your name is too black
Living in a world
That will have you confused
Errbody & they mama
Tryna say what to do
My life matter or not?
Is all I gotta ask
Is empathy something
That only lasted in the past
Some say that we should wait
Some say assimilate
Some even say that we should
Bow down & just pray
But the praying was for the slaves
And the wait was MLK
We say we want the change
Then we need to start today
Today as in last week
Today as in last year
I'm tired of seeing cops
Causin pain & causin fear
The fear of my own death
"What the hell did I do now?"
Asking "how the hell he spot
The only black dot in the crowd"
I'm like "Yes sir, officer
I'm on my way home
No I'm not a 'bad dude'
Please leave me alone"
#TerranceCrutcher
Saw the vid & I cried
How can these people say
That he should have lost his life
And they just wanna argue
We can't protest "right"
Go to the capital
In some robes that's white
Have a big ceremony
Maybe even burn a cross
I swear I'd burn em all
For all the brothas that we've lost
And no it's not a threat
Issa promise
For now on
I will always pay homage
To ALL the lives that mattered
That were lost for civil rights
The black, the brown, the yellow
Don't forget the ones that's white