Can't Relax

Yeah

Last take
Then I'm done

Yeah

Mom always taught me to treat them
The way that you want to be treated
Regardless of how they may step to you
Trust that no level of hate could drive out
What's engrained in your being
They see the ceiling I'm touching the sky
I'm seeing the angels that drive out the demons
The silence is broken we're screaming for freedom
The land of the free
but still in bound up in
racial impedance
You told me people
would hate me because of
the way that I looked
So try to out smart 'em and
Try to work harder
And Try to depart from it
Just keep your head
in them books
They do not know what it took
Getting used to this glare
this look
constantly being mistook
lookin at you up and down
Analyzing you while leaving the store
Wondering what you just took
Dang
Kill my humanity
Dead on the floor
Because of the breath that you took
I'm sick of this hate
I can not hate anymore
I'll fight it with love
no matter how much I endure
Thank you for finally seeing the problem
And working to open the door
But it's still locked
Sick of these gun shots
And people acting like it's just another
Criminal case when it's just not
Tryina act like another black man
Isn't worth more than a couple
Crack rocks
On the back block
Wrote a couple bars
And ran a couple laps
Told me Keep it on the low
And stay where you at
Naw I can't relax

I can't relax when
All of this happens
Look whats happening
Innocence trapped in
Broken in sadness
Alone in this madness
It's more than just skin deep
With all that's within me
Some people just can't see that
You're lookin right past me
I'm sick of reacting
So I'm not relaxing
No

I can't take anymore
Lookin at the comments
What they say
oh lord
I don't even know what to say anymore
Takin the form of anger
Gotta pray for the patience for
The opportunity to show love
To show up
To show what Christ would show us
It's sad that
When race is in the forefront
A lot of Christians step back
When we should step up
Every life has value
Shouldn't have to argue
To tell you
To sell you
We've failed to
Embrace
The real truth
Instead we attempt to derail every detail
This Is How we blur the lines and
Resell the retail
They tell you turn the volume down
On racism
Ignore the problem
Take the system as facts
And embrace the Cynicism
I hate that we made race a political agenda
It's twisted
'Cause black lives matter
It don't matter how they twist it
This is real life
And this is how I live it
Constantly watching my back
While I'm analyzing every decision
I'm proud to be me
But I hate how this culture treats my brothers and sisters
Just praying and wishing
For you to listen
'Cause I can't relax

I can't relax when
All of this happens
Look whats happening
Innocence trapped in
Broken in sadness
Alone in this madness
It's more than just skin deep
With all that's within me
Some people just can't see that
You're lookin right past me
I'm sick of reacting
So I'm not relaxing
No