Dear America,
These days
I'm running out of things to say
Wondering, if things will change
All these killings as if it's a silly game
Country built on the backs of my people
How come we ain't equal
Police force is lethal
Your silence is equally deadly
Crying "I can't breathe"
But no you can't see
We're dying in the streets
But you feel no grief
Not even sympathy
No
But we will fight for our rights
Till the day that we die
Dear America
Let me be free
Fear for my family
This is about moral and humanity
How many more have to die
How many more have to cry
How many more does it take
For you to realize
What's going on outside
Shot and killed for being alive
That just don't sit right
George Floyd
Breonna Taylor
Elijah McCain
Tamir Rice
All paid the price
For just being alive
Now that just ain't right
Shot and killed for being alive
That just don't sit right
You see
All lives don't matter
Until Black Lives Matter
You better get that in your brain, because it'll always be the same
It'll always mean the same
I always thought America was land of the free
Land of the free
Land of the happy
But little did I know that next it could be me
Next it could be my little bro with someone on his knee, him saying I can't breathe
Now don't make this political
But sadly it's typical
And you don't wanna believe
That America's not a dream
That people are not free
And people are still dying in the streets
Not everybody's free
And people are still dying in the streets
But we will fight for our rights till the day that we die
Dear America
Let me be free
I demand it immediately
This is about moral and humanity
But we will fight for our rights till the day that we die
Dear America
Let me be free
I demand it immediately
This is about moral and humanity
Black bodies on the run
From the blue man with gun
Black bodies their children
Life cut short
By the blue man with gun
On the hunt
Why we being hunted like game in the forest
But it's not foreign
Happens every day and we don't even notice
Feels like we can't control it
Heartbroken
Yeah
Why hate when you could love
Why lie when you could trust
I know it easier said than done
It's always easier said than done
Done
Black bodies on the run
Being hunted
I'm running out of things to say
Wondering, if things will change
All these killings as if it's a silly game
Country built on the backs of my people
How come we ain't equal
Police force is lethal
Your silence is equally deadly
Crying "I can't breathe"
But no you can't see
We're dying in the streets
But you feel no grief
Not even sympathy
No
But we will fight for our rights
Till the day that we die
Dear America
Let me be free
Fear for my family
This is about moral and humanity
How many more have to die
How many more have to cry
How many more does it take
For you to realize
What's going on outside
Shot and killed for being alive
That just don't sit right
George Floyd
Breonna Taylor
Elijah McCain
Tamir Rice
All paid the price
For just being alive
Now that just ain't right
Shot and killed for being alive
That just don't sit right
You see
All lives don't matter
Until Black Lives Matter
You better get that in your brain, because it'll always be the same
It'll always mean the same
I always thought America was land of the free
Land of the free
Land of the happy
But little did I know that next it could be me
Next it could be my little bro with someone on his knee, him saying I can't breathe
Now don't make this political
But sadly it's typical
And you don't wanna believe
That America's not a dream
That people are not free
And people are still dying in the streets
Not everybody's free
And people are still dying in the streets
But we will fight for our rights till the day that we die
Dear America
Let me be free
I demand it immediately
This is about moral and humanity
But we will fight for our rights till the day that we die
Dear America
Let me be free
I demand it immediately
This is about moral and humanity
Black bodies on the run
From the blue man with gun
Black bodies their children
Life cut short
By the blue man with gun
On the hunt
Why we being hunted like game in the forest
But it's not foreign
Happens every day and we don't even notice
Feels like we can't control it
Heartbroken
Yeah
Why hate when you could love
Why lie when you could trust
I know it easier said than done
It's always easier said than done
Done
Black bodies on the run
Being hunted
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Writer(s): Amira Marshall
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