[Intro: Various News Sources]

There's breaking news, breaking news story

Breaking tonight

At breaking news tonight in a tragic shooting of an unarmed teen

Last night there was another incident of deadly force

In Florida, Minnesota, Sanford, Ferguson, Missouri

Unarmed African American

Shot four times in the chest at close range

Child and the man's girlfriend were in the car

Two officers have a man down on the ground, one with his knee in his chest, where's he gonna go?

So he walked to the store, he was on his way back home, and this man killed him

Are you serious?

We're being hunted, everyday

It's a silent war against African American people

[Verse 1]

Yeah

I see no changes, all I see is racist faces

Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races

We under, I wonder what it takes to make this

One better place, let's set a pace for greatness

Yeah, 'cause I'm scared for our youth

The system leave us hanging, they ain't gotta use a noose

And keep it black and white, George Zimmerman gave us proof

That despite the dark facts, a white lie'll beat the truth

And that's word to Eric Gardner, Sandra Bland

Brandon McClelland and Emmett Till

Sad we only pay attention when that blood spill

Years have past and we affected by that blood still

And this world need cleansing

Slaving those fields for years, safe to say we paid the price

At times we seem lost, stuck looking for remittance

But Obama gave us hope when he made the cover of Life

But that's life, so read between the lines

They'll kick away the ladder 'fore they let you try to climb

And throw you in the dark before you get a chance to shine

And take what I deserve before they say that it was mine

But who's to blame? Can't deny we played their game

And made 'em feel like winners when we call each other niggas

We turned it to a bond when it use to mean bondage

And this is how we chose to pay our ancestors homage, so

Psychologically, we 'dapted they philosophy

And played into what's honestly they plan from the start

And now we're made a mockery how we succumb to poverty

Possess it like apostrophe and we just play the part

Shackles off our feet and now they're on our heads

And they set back and laugh 'cause they still get ahead

I miss the days when we stood against the evils

This one's for all y'all, I'm talking to my people 'cause

[Interlude: Malcolm X]

Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern

Once you change your thought pattern, you change your, your attitude

Once you change your attitude, it changes your behavior pattern

And then you go on in into some action

[Verse 2]

And still I see no changes, can't a brother get a little peace?

More wars in the streets than the wars in the Middle East

And the killings don't cease, sheesh

We living in the wild, no leash, preach

We too far gone for us to reach, we each

Should be more about reading book ends than bookings with the police

That's not Screech, forgive me, that's not smart

You don't gotta be a geek to be a student at heart

And that's word to James Baldwin, Langston Hughes

Medgar Evers and Charles Drew

Their ideas help pioneer this generation

But steps that they took are ones we're barely taking

We more concerned with the gossip on the blogs

We force feeding trash like slops to the hogs

And for the real world, it seems we never get involved

We hide behind camera lenses just to filter our flaws

Nowadays, getting likes are our life

And gaining popularity on social media sites

It's the digital drug, we all want love

It's stronger than a buzz and it's all the above

But above all, hope we rise above all

And really do it big, a few sizes 'bove small

To cultivating our culture, with coaching we coming closer

To capturing the common dream and to cooking up something kosher

So we can eat, would it be sweet

To pave the road for our future with logic more concrete

We all got potential, up to us to let it speak

And those that are sleep, and dare I repeat

We all got potential, we all got potential

We all God's gift, don't forget why he sent you

A dollar and a dream can change the world when you're broke

'Cause all you need is faith and all you need is hope

[Outro: Martin Luther King Jr.]

Can we in America stand idly by and not be concerned?

I would suggest that the individual must rise up

Beyond his self interest

Even beyond humanity

And discover the eternal God whose purpose changes not

This is the end of life

The end is not to avoid suffering

Not to be happy

But the end of life is to do the will of God, come what may

Oh America, will you hear that?

And will you follow that before it is too late?