Our National Anthem
When I was a kid, I saw on TV, the police beat down Rodney King
Resisting arrest is what they said he did, I was a young boy with brown skin
They say they were resisting arrest
It's been going on for so damn long, racism's in our nation's song
It's been going on for so damn long, can't we all just get along?
Abraham Lincoln proclaimed emancipation
It cost six hundred thousand lives and tore apart our nation
For doing that he got a bullet in his head
Martin Luther King protested peacefully
To end racial injustice, bring forth equality
For doing that he got a bullet in his head
So Colin Kaepernick decides to quietly sit
And the internet has an epic hissy fit
For doing that they want a bullet in his head
It's been going on for so damn long, racism is our nation's song
It's been going on for so damn long, can't we all just get along?
Obedience to authority means more than equality
That's what our history keeps telling me
Obedience to authority means more than equality
That's what our history keeps telling me
Obedience to authority means more than equality
That's what our history keeps telling me
It's time our nation has an honest conversation
Ignorance and hate has been taught for generations
Riots will erupt, changes must be made
We're sitting on a powder keg chain smoking
It's been going on for so damn long, racism's in our nation's song
It's been going on for so damn long, can't we all just get along?
Resisting arrest is what they said he did, I was a young boy with brown skin
They say they were resisting arrest
It's been going on for so damn long, racism's in our nation's song
It's been going on for so damn long, can't we all just get along?
Abraham Lincoln proclaimed emancipation
It cost six hundred thousand lives and tore apart our nation
For doing that he got a bullet in his head
Martin Luther King protested peacefully
To end racial injustice, bring forth equality
For doing that he got a bullet in his head
So Colin Kaepernick decides to quietly sit
And the internet has an epic hissy fit
For doing that they want a bullet in his head
It's been going on for so damn long, racism is our nation's song
It's been going on for so damn long, can't we all just get along?
Obedience to authority means more than equality
That's what our history keeps telling me
Obedience to authority means more than equality
That's what our history keeps telling me
Obedience to authority means more than equality
That's what our history keeps telling me
It's time our nation has an honest conversation
Ignorance and hate has been taught for generations
Riots will erupt, changes must be made
We're sitting on a powder keg chain smoking
It's been going on for so damn long, racism's in our nation's song
It's been going on for so damn long, can't we all just get along?
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Writer(s): Daniel Morones
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