Protest

What do we say to our children when
They ask us how to fight injustice
After we mourn those who were taken
How do we heal from all the anguish

Now we may feel as if nothing we do
To really change the world
That it is what it is
But if we can make even the slightest difference
Well maybe we can leave a better place in which to live

Well, if we don't address what's happening, we can't progress
No
There's been too much bloodshed. Too much violence. We must protest
Yeah

Show me no favor
And I will show you no discrimination
I might never live in the world I hope for
But I hope to die in a different one

Well, if we don't address what's happening, we can't progress
No
There's been too much bloodshed. Too much violence. We must protest
Yeah

Change ain't coming if we don't keep
The pressure on and continue flooding these streets
The flames ain't done until they done reached
The summit of the system made to keep minorities weak
The system that protects the knees of police
But not the necks trying to breath underneath
And if we're just going by complexion, you can bet
The darker that you are the more a target you will be
But that can be rearranged in
The timespan of a single generation
And museums in the future will explain how we overcame
All the pain and finally healed a nation

Well, if we don't address what's happening, we can't progress
No
There's been too much bloodshed. Too much violence. We must protest
Yeah

Well, if we don't address what's happening, we can't progress
No
There's been too much bloodshed. Too much violence. We must protest
Yeah

We must protest
We must
We must protest
We must
We must protest