Black Bodies Lyrics

Black bodies in the streets that's a buzz kill

Black bodies in the streets while the blood spills

Black bodies in the streets

Black bodies in the streets

Hands up, don't shoot

Can't breathe, can't move

Trigger squeeze bloody shoes

White shirt bloody too

Can't win, never do

Innocent, gotta prove

Same face on the news

Black lives matter too

Sweet tea weaponized

Hoodie on, time to die

Black skin, not a crime

Tragedy, swollen eyes

Black death, not a vibe

Trauma hate Father Time

Minimize black cries

Black minds colonized

White bullets in another black back

While our ancestors in they graves turnin' as we back track

Black man, white world, shiny black pearl

Falsetto's just a little too high for a black Earl

Souls gone, snatched up, every time they fear death

Spill blood, fear us, just to make em fear less

White eyes staring down the barrel of a 45

Decide on the last breaths of a nigga life

Seeds to a nigga dreams thieved when they wanna breathe

Black mothers working while they grieve when they wanna sleep

Stone cold killers turning cones into creamery

Bloody asphalt like a painting of anatomy

Sent him to the constellations, I ain't talking horoscopes

''Encore, encore", ringing while his curtain close

Tryna break the chain of these chains that we can't see

Tryna fan the flames of this blame just to break free

Hands up, don't shoot

Can't breathe, can't move

Trigger squeeze bloody shoes

White shirt bloody too

Can't win, never do

Innocent, gotta prove

Same face on the news

Black lives matter too

Sweet tea weaponized

Hoodie on, time to die

Black skin, not a crime

Tragedy, swollen eyes

Black death, not a vibe

Trauma hate Father Time

Minimize black cries

Black minds colonized

Guess we getting too smart in schools better dumb it down

Seen a child's smile sent six feet into the ground

Normalized genocide now we so desensitized

Never even break a sweat when my rights are exercised

Life could be over in a Honda or a Rover

'Cause a nigga's just a nigga when they pull it from the holster

Burned a hole through his chest now he's a donut to a Homer

While his family cries tears demanding"Justice" on a poster

Closed mouth, silent shouts

Silent screams, cryin' out

Vivid dreams lost in abysses of recurring doubt

Watch 'em lie and cheat us in this jungle that we livin' in

Monkey see, monkey do

Funny how we flipped the script

Lucifer is lurkin' and he swearin' that he's heaven sent

Children bleeding in the street, tell me that ain't devilish

No sleep, no loot, prayin' that they won't shoot

Niggas hanging from they hope lookin' like the strangest fruit

Hands up, don't shoot

Can't breathe, can't move

Trigger squeeze bloody shoes

White shirt bloody too

Can't win, never do

Innocent, gotta prove

Same face on the news

Black lives matter too

Sweet tea weaponized

Hoodie on, time to die

Black skin, not a crime

Tragedy, swollen eyes

Black death, not a vibe

Trauma hate Father Time

Minimize black cries

Black minds colonized

Black bodies in the streets that's a buzz kill (We're tired of losing our black bodies)

Black bodies in the streets while the blood spills

Black bodies in the streets (We're tired of losing our black bodies)

Black bodies in the streets

Black bodies in the streets that's a buzz kill (We're tired of losing our black bodies)

Black bodies in the streets while the blood spills

Black bodies in the streets (Where is the love, love, love for black bodies)

Black bodies in the streets