Powerless
This is the price I pay for existing
Trying to resist, this culture needs fixing
But the color of my skin should not be defining
The way my life is written
But it is horrifying
The police took my children away
I've got nowhere to stay
You don't need to say, you don't need to debate
If you kneel or you don't, if you think it's unreal
We need to reveal and recognize
There is a problem here
I understand Michael Jackson
Though I know I need to feel pride in
The skin I reside in, the body I hide in
But it is horrifying
I know I can't be myself in the streets
Behind my back's the police
What light did I miss?
Don't take me away now, I've got a family
But it is horrifying
The police took my children away
I've got nowhere to stay
You don't need to say, you don't need to debate
If you kneel or you don't, if you think it's unreal
We need to reveal and recognize that there's a problem here
It's not far away, the problem is near
It is breaking me
I'm being let down by my own country
But this is democracy
They get what they want
Trying to resist, this culture needs fixing
But the color of my skin should not be defining
The way my life is written
But it is horrifying
The police took my children away
I've got nowhere to stay
You don't need to say, you don't need to debate
If you kneel or you don't, if you think it's unreal
We need to reveal and recognize
There is a problem here
I understand Michael Jackson
Though I know I need to feel pride in
The skin I reside in, the body I hide in
But it is horrifying
I know I can't be myself in the streets
Behind my back's the police
What light did I miss?
Don't take me away now, I've got a family
But it is horrifying
The police took my children away
I've got nowhere to stay
You don't need to say, you don't need to debate
If you kneel or you don't, if you think it's unreal
We need to reveal and recognize that there's a problem here
It's not far away, the problem is near
It is breaking me
I'm being let down by my own country
But this is democracy
They get what they want
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Writer(s): Yaiza López García San Román
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