Enough is Enough

Hindsight 2020

I'm a high flyer
Got the right stuff
I'm the King of Harlem
I got the good stuff

I'm not ok
Another black man died been on my mind all day
Was it the pandemic C O V I D?
Or da hands of C O P I G
How does a cop take a Collin Kaep knee on the neck?
Hand in pocket, shades on his head
Disrespect
Serve, protect
Beat, neglect
Where's the disconnect?
Post trauma ask vets about stress
It's complex
Or "Can it be so simple" like Wu Tang?
Can we unify and organise how our crews bang?
General Mysonne is galvanizing all a da folks
I stand with "Captain Jack" askin' for all a da smoke
Until freedom no justice no peace is the only approach
Loosen the noose
Our front line troops are bein broken awoke
Burnin cities too hurt to put our hopes in a vote
I quote, "I have a dream"
"I'm black and I'm proud"
"Fight the power"

You're nobody till somebody kills you
Outrage and frustration the system's unjust
I can't breathe
I say enough is enough
You're nobody till somebody kills you
Outrage and frustration the system's unjust
I can't breathe
I say enough is enough

Traumatized for more dead bodies than morticians
When the casket close you dead and gone
They all listen
"You're nobody till somebody kill you"
The wrong vision
I celebrate my soldiers before they souls risen
I tell'em that I love them
No pause whispered
I tell'em that I need them
No cause mentioned
Breathe life in my hood like a CPR course
Listen
Every breath I'm fighting for my life
Of course winning
I write for rights
Freestyle for just-ice
Free mines or fight
March days and riot nights
I'm from the "I know I can" gen we don inspire mights
No maybes damn right
Take it to higher heights

You're nobody till somebody kills you
Outrage and frustration the system's unjust
I can't breathe
I say enough is enough
You're nobody till somebody kills you
Outrage and frustration the system's unjust
I can't breathe
I say enough is enough

Would something be burned... you know... by a black man
And then my God...
You see the flag is drenched with our blood
Because you see, so many of our ancestors was killed
Because we have never accepted slavery
We have to live under it but we've never wanted it
So we know that this flag is drenched with our blood
So what the young people are saying now
Give us a chance to be young men
Respected as a man
As we know this country was built on the black backs
Of black people across this country
And if we don't have it
You ain't gon have it either
Cause we gon tear it up
That's what they saying
And people ought to understand that
They know what they've done to us
All across this country
They know what they've done to us
This country is desperately sick
And man is on the critical list
I really don know where we go from here



Credits
Writer(s): Kareem Hertzog
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