I want to go home Lyrics

I want to go home

That's this song

What's the cost

Of our loss

Courtroom crime scene

And family in between

Hurts a whole lot more

Then just a locked door

We can grow

Once we know

All that we should

I really wish we would

Then we'd be better

And stick together

Until that day

Here's what I say

Our legal system is full of mistakes

How much you pay a lawyer decides your fate

One day guilty without a doubt

Actual investigation now you're out

Don't matter if it was barely lit

You did it if somebody saw you do it

I know it's hard to swallow that pill

Wish he was here you could ask Emmet Till

Driving home at night

Ran a red light

Because I'm black

I may attack

When I pull over

Gun out your holster

Just want to go home

Now I'm scared I'm alone

License and registration please

I'm nervous I drop my keys

Any weapons in the car

Keep your hands where they are

Don't ask questions

You need a lesson

He said I wanted to run

Which made him fire his gun

Our legal system is full of mistakes

How much you pay a lawyer decides your fate

One day guilty without a doubt

Actual investigation now you're out

Don't matter if it was barely lit

You did it if somebody saw you do it

I know it's hard to swallow that pill

Wish he was here you could ask Emmet Till

Now back to the stop

I didn't get killed by the cop

Went to court petrified

The shooting was found justified

How can that be when I didn't have a weapon

Cop got promoted and kept on stepping

I'm just happy to be alive

Cause most of us just don't survive

Encounters like this is always one sided

One lives and one dieded

I get pulled over and hit with a biscuit

All because of a traffic ticket

That use of force don't make any sense

So I'm gonna need some recompense

All the officers old and new

I want to get home just like you