BLM - Intellectual

VERSE

Black Lives Matter... there is no debate

It has escalated to the People vs. The State

You better relate to it, because you might be next

Color doesn't matter to the one who signs the checks

It is all about the money. It is all about the power

Watching dirty politics, I'm gonna need a shower

Try not to devour the rhetoric that they're feeding you

They're treating you unequal. The people will start to see it too

We're not confused. They're sleeping on our intellect

Thinking we don't understand the levels to their disrespect

That's why I'm hoping you're keeping your eyes woke

Praying on my knees. Or am I down here cuz I'm being choked?

Tamir Rice, Sean Bell, and Mike Brown

Amadou Diallo. Were all shot down

(Antwon Rose)

Freddie Gray, Walter Scott, and John Crawford

(Brianna Taylor)

Even Sandra Bland has died unlawful

(Nia Wilson)

Rekia Boyd, Eric Garner, and Trayvon

Young Mr. Martin was a victim. How are they wrong?

(George Floyd)

Aiyana Jones, Jon Ferrell, and Akai Gurley

I see my family. I wonder what the world sees?

I am not alone. I'm not the only one angry

I wanna see some justice. The system wants to hang me

Cuz I'm a young, black threat in America

Land of the liberty. Home of the debt

I just want a chance, I just wanna see my 30s

I don't want to take another plea from an attorney

I just want my people to be free

For the first time in this hemisphere since 1493

I keep it 100. The rap Wilt Chamberlain

Never gonna lose, I got a vision. I came to win

Play this tape again and you'll get everything I'm mentioning

My melanin is not a sin, so you better tell a friend

Say it loud. I'm black and proud!

A million people marching, I was there to lead the crowd

Justice or else

Is it just us and nobody else who can help us get out of this hell?

I don't wanna sell and I don't wanna be sold

I don't wanna see a cell and so I'm gonna be bold

You cannot control me, I might be loud

But I'm free to have my voice, so I'm gonna move the crowd

My sound won't be drowned by no gun "pow"

"Hands up! Don't shoot!"Arms like a touchdown

I touch ground international

Worldwide: Black people everywhere

Open up your eyes

And I surmise the minds I impact

Are for the better so don't say that I don't give back

I'm running laps around your concept of rap

And how many different cultures identify as Black

Identify as Black

BRIDGE

Black Lives Matter!

(Say it Again!)

Black Lives Matter!

(Say it Again!)

Black Lives Matter!

(Say it Again!)

Black Lives Matter!

(Say it Again!)

CHANT (9x)

Black Lives Matter

My life matters!

Your life matters!

Our life matters!

Our life matters

OUTRO

No justice! No peace!