False Narrative ft. Wrath and Grace & Voddie Baucham Lyrics
- Genre:Hip Hop & Rap
- Year of Release:2024
Lyrics
Welcome to the scene of the crime, seen with your mind
I'll describe the events: Three policemen arrive
I thought the police would treat me with decent respect
I never resisted or try to flee the arrest
Pinned by these knees on my neck
Lungs squeezing for breath
Barely breathing while screaming
I feel heat in my chest
But the police don't cease, they're eager to flex
I never thought this would be the scene of my death
Knees pressed on my back, in the prone position
"STOP! I can't breathe!" But no one will listen!
Compressing the breath from my chest and diaphragm
Does it matter to these cops that I'm a man?
They didn't wait to see if I'm guilty
I cried out over and over again, You're gonna kill me
Perverted minds, committing this murder crime
While I'm squirming, dying, I cried for help thirty times
Hand-cuffed, face-down, on top of the street
They thought I'm asleep - Yo, they mock as they speak
Time to get up for school, and wake from bed
But I could no longer shake my head - too late, I'm dead
The cop's body-camera filmed my death here
But it didn't make the news until the next year
What happened to these 3 wicked sergeants?
(They were) indicted with manslaughter
But the D.A. dismissed the charges
Do people say my name? Nope, most don't remember
So no one protested the death of Tony Timpa
Just like George Floyd in comparison
But, because I'm White my story doesn't fit the narrative
Is the narrative you listen to, truthful?
Or is it a false witness? - this is crucial
John 7:24 - here is Christ's Justice
Don't judge by appearances but with right judgment
Is the narrative you listen to, truthful?
Or is it a false witness? - this is crucial
John 7:24 - here is Christ's Justice
Don't judge by appearances but with right judgment
Daddy, who's that banging at the door?
He put one in the chamber, started aiming it some more
I'm fearing in my heart, am I appearing as a target?
He is also startled, Who is here at my apartment?
He said stay behind him - prepare to dash and run
He has his gun - now I feel trapped and stunned
"Oh no! It's the police" He aims his gun at the cop
The cop fires his, now my lung has been shot
The cop's bullet hit his arm, and traveled through it to me
I'm laying on the ground, bleeding, gasping and I'm woozy
I died from my wounds, see, certainly the worst scene
This girl will never live to see thirteen
You'll never see my name when they wear attire
NFL players never kneeled for Ciara Meyer
Just like Breonna Taylor in comparison
But, because I'm White, my story doesn't fit the narrative
Is the narrative you listen to, truthful?
Or is it a false witness? - this is crucial
John 7:24 - here is Christ's Justice
Don't judge by appearances but with right judgment
Is the narrative you listen to, truthful?
Or is it a false witness? - this is crucial
John 7:24 - here is Christ's Justice
Don't judge by appearances but with right judgment
Philando Castile was killed at a traffic-stop by a traffic cop
Who sadly thought Philando tried to grab his glock
But that same summer the same thing happened to Dylan Noble
blasted by 11 massive shots
Philando was black, but the latter was not
Not to mention Philando's shooter was a Latin cop
This reminds me of Treyvon
Race-Hustlers invented a false narrative to prey on
"A white racist killed him"
Actually the truth, my friend
George Zimmerman is Hispanic, African-Peruvian
Many claim that Floyd's death represented
America's deep racism that's systemic
With factual comparison, I'm challenging the narrative
That Whites are out to get African-Americans
Let's discuss these thorough specifics
according to the Justice of Bureau statistics
In interracial percentage of crime
Blacks attack Whites 85% of the time
And how long will you speak this fallacy
Of a systemic anti-black police brutality
Cops are 18.5 times more likely
to be killed by a black assailant - precisely
America's racist history is atrocious
But that can't be the data for the current diagnosis
If we view the present through the lens of the past
It's skewed and tinted with sentiments instead of the facts
Instead receive the truthful narrative
Of Jesus who was crucified to bear our sins
Is the narrative you listen to, truthful?
Or is it a false witness? - this is crucial
John 7:24 - here is Christ's Justice
Don't judge by appearances but with right judgment
Is the narrative you listen to, truthful?
Or is it a false witness? - this is crucial
John 7:24 - here is Christ's Justice
Don't judge by appearances but with right judgment
I saw
And I was moved by it
I was moved by this moment, where a man is in despair
And a police officer in uniform is kneeling on the back and neck of this man who is in despair; this man who was pleading for his life
I'll never forget what it felt like to watch, as this man goes limp
And then eventually to realize this man is dead
This man is dead - at the hands of men who had sworn to protect and to serve
I'll never forget that day
Now, you may assume that the day
I am talking about is the day that George Floyd died
Or the day that I saw the video of George Floyd
I'm not
I am talking about the day that I saw the video of Tony Timpa