Pulled into the parking lot parked it Zipped up my parka joined the procession of marchers
In my head like is this awkward Should I even be here marching Thinking if they can't how can I breathe Thinking that they chant what do I sing I want to take a stance cause we are not free And then I thought about it we are not we
Am I in the outside looking in or am I in the inside looking out
Is it my place to give my two cents Or should I stand on the side and shut my mouth No justice no peace okay I'm saying that They're chanting out black lives matter but I don't say it back
Is it okay for me to say I don't know so I watch and stand In front of a line of police that look the same as me Only separated by a badge a baton a can of mace a mask A shield a gun with gloves and hands that gives an alibi In case somebody dies behind a bullet that flies out of the 9 Takes another child's life on sight
Blood in the streets no justice no peace No racist beliefs no rest 'til we're free There's blood in the streets no justice no peace No racist beliefs no rest 'til we're free
Blood in the streets no justice no peace No racist beliefs no rest 'til we're free There's blood in the streets no justice no peace No racist beliefs no rest 'til we're free
You've exploited and stolen the music the moment The magic the passion the fashion you toy with The culture was never yours to make better You're miley you're Elvis you're Iggy azalea Fake and so plastic you've heisted the magic You've taken the drums and the accent you rapped in You're branded hip-hop it's so fascist and backwards That grand master flashed go slap it you bastard All the money that you made All the watered down pop-******** version of the culture pal Go buy a big-ass lawn go with your big-ass house Get a big-ass fence keep people out It's all stubborn anyway can't you see that now There's no way for you to even that out You can join the march protest scream and shout Get on twitter hash tag and seem like you're down But they see through it all people believe you now You said publicly rest in peace mike brown You speak about equality but do you really mean it Are you marching for freedom or when it's convenient Want people to like you want to be accepted That's probably why you are out here protesting Don't think for a second you don't have incentive Is this about you well then what's your intention
What's the intention what's the intention
Psst I totally get it you're by yourself And the last thing you want to do is take a picture But seriously my little girl loves you She's always singing I'm gonna pop some tags I'm not kidding my oldest you even got him to go thrifting And one love oh my god that song brilliant Their aunt is gay when that song came out My son told his whole class he was actually proud That's so cool look what you're accomplishing Even the old mom like me likes it cause it's positive You're the only hip-hop that I let my kids listen to Cause you get it all that negative stuff it isn't cool Yeah Yeah like all the guns and the drugs The *****es and the hoes and the gangs and the thugs Even the protest outside so sad and so dumb If a cop pulls you over it's your fault if you run
Huh
So they feel that the police are discriminating against the the black people I have an advantage why Cause I'm white what no See more people nowadays are just pussies Like this is the generation to be offended by everything Black lives matter' thing is a reason to take arms up over perceived slights I'm not prejudiced I just 99% of the time across this country the police are doing their job properly
Damn a lot of opinions a lot of confusion a lot of resentment Some of us scared some of us defensive
And most of us aren't even paying attention
It seems like we're more concerned with being called racist
Than we actually are with racism
I've heard that silences are action and god knows that I've been passive
What if I actually read a article actually had a dialogue Actually looked at myself actually got involved If I'm aware of my privilege and do nothing at all I don't know
Hip-hop has always been political yes
It's the reason why this music connects
So what the **** has happened to my voice If I stay silent when black people are dying Then I'm trying to be politically correct
I can book a whole tour sell out the tickets Rap entrepreneur built his own business If I'm only in this for my own self Interest not the culture that gave me a voice to begin with Then this isn't authentic it is just a gimmick The DIY underdog so independent But the one thing the American dream fails to mention Is I was many steps ahead to begin with My skin matches the hero likeness the image America feels safe with my music in their systems And it's suited me perfect the role I've fulfilled it And if I'm the hero you know who gets cast as the villain White supremacy isn't just a white dude in Idaho White supremacy protects the privilege I hold White supremacy is the soil the foundation the cement And the flag that flies outside of my home White supremacy is our country's lineage designed for us to be Indifferent My success is the product of the same system That let off Darren Wilson guilty We want to dress like walk like talk like dance like yet We just stand by
We take all we want from black culture
But will we show up for black lives
We want to dress like walk like talk like dance Like yet we just stand by
We take all we want from black culture
But will we show up for black lives
Black lives matter to use an analogy is like if If there was a subdivision and a house was on fire The fire department wouldn't show up And start putting water on all the houses because all houses matter They would show up and they would turn their water on the house That was burning because that's the house that needs the help the most My generation's taken on the torch of a very age-old fight for black liberation
But also liberation for everyone injustice anywhere is still injustice everywhere The best thing white people can do is talk to each other Having those very difficult very painful conversations with your parents With your family members
I think one of the critical questions for white people in this society is What are you willing to risk What are you willing to sacrifice to create a more just society
Your silence is a luxury hip-hop is not a luxury
Your silence is a luxury hip-hop is not a luxury
Your silence is a luxury hip-hop is not a luxury
Your silence is a luxury hip-hop is not a luxury
What I got for me it is for me
What we made we made to set us free
What I got for me it is for me
What we made we made to set us free
What I got for me it is for me
What we made we made to set us free
[00:17.91]Pulled into the parking lot parked it [00:19.68]Zipped up my parka joined the procession of marchers [00:22.18] [00:23.09]In my head like is this awkward [00:24.93]Should I even be here marching [00:26.94]Thinking if they can't how can I breathe [00:29.17]Thinking that they chant what do I sing [00:31.22]I want to take a stance cause we are not free [00:33.45]And then I thought about it we are not we [00:35.34] [00:35.93]Am I in the outside looking in or am I in the inside looking out [00:39.47] [00:40.26]Is it my place to give my two cents [00:42.10]Or should I stand on the side and shut my mouth [00:44.21]No justice no peace okay I'm saying that [00:47.71]They're chanting out black lives matter but I don't say it back [00:51.89] [00:53.08]Is it okay for me to say I don't know so I watch and stand [00:56.36]In front of a line of police that look the same as me [00:59.11]Only separated by a badge a baton a can of mace a mask [01:02.70]A shield a gun with gloves and hands that gives an alibi [01:05.26]In case somebody dies behind a bullet that flies out of the 9 [01:08.10]Takes another child's life on sight [01:09.53] [01:10.20]Blood in the streets no justice no peace [01:14.24]No racist beliefs no rest 'til we're free [01:18.54]There's blood in the streets no justice no peace [01:22.94]No racist beliefs no rest 'til we're free [01:26.95] [01:27.64]Blood in the streets no justice no peace [01:31.65]No racist beliefs no rest 'til we're free [01:36.05]There's blood in the streets no justice no peace [01:40.45]No racist beliefs no rest 'til we're free [01:44.59] [01:46.97]You've exploited and stolen the music the moment [01:49.14]The magic the passion the fashion you toy with [01:51.29]The culture was never yours to make better [01:53.47]You're miley you're Elvis you're Iggy azalea [01:55.70]Fake and so plastic you've heisted the magic [01:57.82]You've taken the drums and the accent you rapped in [02:00.08]You're branded hip-hop it's so fascist and backwards [02:02.22]That grand master flashed go slap it you bastard [02:04.39]All the money that you made [02:05.52]All the watered down pop-******** version of the culture pal [02:08.55]Go buy a big-ass lawn go with your big-ass house [02:10.71]Get a big-ass fence keep people out [02:13.00]It's all stubborn anyway can't you see that now [02:15.18]There's no way for you to even that out [02:17.30]You can join the march protest scream and shout [02:19.48]Get on twitter hash tag and seem like you're down [02:21.66]But they see through it all people believe you now [02:23.92]You said publicly rest in peace mike brown [02:26.22]You speak about equality but do you really mean it [02:28.47]Are you marching for freedom or when it's convenient [02:30.48]Want people to like you want to be accepted [02:32.66]That's probably why you are out here protesting [02:34.87]Don't think for a second you don't have incentive [02:37.03]Is this about you well then what's your intention [02:39.22] [02:40.46]What's the intention what's the intention [02:43.76] [03:20.61]Psst I totally get it you're by yourself [03:22.44]And the last thing you want to do is take a picture [03:24.42]But seriously my little girl loves you [03:26.47]She's always singing I'm gonna pop some tags [03:29.26]I'm not kidding my oldest you even got him to go thrifting [03:32.59]And one love oh my god that song brilliant [03:35.69]Their aunt is gay when that song came out [03:37.92]My son told his whole class he was actually proud [03:40.84]That's so cool look what you're accomplishing [03:44.11]Even the old mom like me likes it cause it's positive [03:46.75]You're the only hip-hop that I let my kids listen to [03:49.40]Cause you get it all that negative stuff it isn't cool [03:52.35]Yeah [03:52.87]Yeah like all the guns and the drugs [03:54.54]The *****es and the hoes and the gangs and the thugs [03:57.10]Even the protest outside so sad and so dumb [04:00.03]If a cop pulls you over it's your fault if you run [04:02.52] [04:05.38]Huh [04:05.70] [04:06.37]So they feel that the police are discriminating against the the black people [04:10.56]I have an advantage why [04:12.23]Cause I'm white what no [04:15.22]See more people nowadays are just pussies [04:17.49]Like this is the generation to be offended by everything [04:20.42]Black lives matter' thing is a reason to take arms up over perceived slights [04:27.44]I'm not prejudiced I just [04:29.15]99% of the time across this country the police are doing their job properly [04:32.63] [04:33.29]Damn a lot of opinions a lot of confusion a lot of resentment [04:37.83]Some of us scared some of us defensive [04:39.97] [04:40.61]And most of us aren't even paying attention [04:42.62] [04:43.46]It seems like we're more concerned with being called racist [04:46.43] [04:47.22]Than we actually are with racism [04:48.64] [04:50.10]I've heard that silences are action and god knows that I've been passive [04:53.77] [04:54.38]What if I actually read a article actually had a dialogue [04:57.45]Actually looked at myself actually got involved [05:00.48]If I'm aware of my privilege and do nothing at all I don't know [05:04.72] [05:05.93]Hip-hop has always been political yes [05:07.66] [05:08.21]It's the reason why this music connects [05:09.70] [05:10.29]So what the **** has happened to my voice [05:12.17]If I stay silent when black people are dying [05:14.27]Then I'm trying to be politically correct [05:15.84] [05:16.43]I can book a whole tour sell out the tickets [05:19.28]Rap entrepreneur built his own business [05:22.13]If I'm only in this for my own self [05:24.17]Interest not the culture that gave me a voice to begin with [05:27.35]Then this isn't authentic it is just a gimmick [05:30.14]The DIY underdog so independent [05:32.77]But the one thing the American dream fails to mention [05:35.86]Is I was many steps ahead to begin with [05:38.45]My skin matches the hero likeness the image [05:41.22]America feels safe with my music in their systems [05:43.86]And it's suited me perfect the role I've fulfilled it [05:46.62]And if I'm the hero you know who gets cast as the villain [05:49.67]White supremacy isn't just a white dude in Idaho [05:52.40]White supremacy protects the privilege I hold [05:55.05]White supremacy is the soil the foundation the cement [05:57.87]And the flag that flies outside of my home [06:00.50]White supremacy is our country's lineage designed for us to be Indifferent [06:05.91]My success is the product of the same system [06:08.84]That let off Darren Wilson guilty [06:11.03]We want to dress like walk like talk like dance like yet [06:14.75]We just stand by [06:15.45] [06:16.47]We take all we want from black culture [06:18.15] [06:19.19]But will we show up for black lives [06:21.11] [06:21.75]We want to dress like walk like talk like dance [06:24.67]Like yet we just stand by [06:26.40] [06:27.36]We take all we want from black culture [06:29.32] [06:30.08]But will we show up for black lives [06:31.93] [06:35.00]Black lives matter to use an analogy is like if [06:37.28]If there was a subdivision and a house was on fire [06:39.46]The fire department wouldn't show up [06:41.46]And start putting water on all the houses because all houses matter [06:45.06]They would show up and they would turn their water on the house [06:47.50]That was burning because that's the house that needs the help the most [06:49.71]My generation's taken on the torch of a very age-old fight for black liberation [06:56.09] [06:56.89]But also liberation for everyone injustice anywhere is still injustice everywhere [07:03.70]The best thing white people can do is talk to each other [07:06.56]Having those very difficult very painful conversations with your parents [07:10.95]With your family members [07:12.41] [07:12.93]I think one of the critical questions for white people in this society is [07:16.31]What are you willing to risk [07:17.76]What are you willing to sacrifice to create a more just society [07:20.46] [07:22.72]Your silence is a luxury hip-hop is not a luxury [07:30.48] [07:32.97]Your silence is a luxury hip-hop is not a luxury [07:40.70] [07:43.26]Your silence is a luxury hip-hop is not a luxury [07:51.01] [07:53.27]Your silence is a luxury hip-hop is not a luxury [08:01.02] [08:02.41]What I got for me it is for me [08:06.06] [08:07.51]What we made we made to set us free [08:11.42] [08:12.63]What I got for me it is for me [08:16.34] [08:17.75]What we made we made to set us free [08:21.56] [08:22.93]What I got for me it is for me [08:26.40] [08:27.91]What we made we made to set us free
