accountability Lyrics

She said

Yeah, yeah, she said

Follow me, I'll take over here away from the crowd

It's getting too loud, I'm feeling kinda burnt out

She explained how her mind had got her lost in a game

Playing cat and mouse and trying not to breathe out

It's a mystery, high power chemistry, twisting words so easily

They're trying not to notice me

Take advantage, 'cause they said if I could work more for less

No one would really care what's all up under my dress

It's all the same thing, mixed with some lame fame

Stuck in a corrupt game, trying not to be ashamed

Playing dirty she said, is how they hurt me

Steady lurking, and swerving, I'm nervous

Yeah, I'm nervous

And, he said the color of my skin don't matter

When I'm in public, the studio, the store, or seeing a movie

But when I put on my nice suit, and suede shoes

The atmosphere of my work cube is not new

For years I've felt the pressure

The prejudicial minds, stuck in a different time

It's hard for me to grind

They only see me for my color

What about my mother

The traits she gave me, I'm working hard just like my brother

I said if only we could learn to love each other

The power we'd create inside if we come together

I'm mortified, my mortal people are weak as ever

And who are we if we don't accept that nobody's special

You know it's horrible when you no longer hold a candle to all the darkness spread

Even the Bible said that evil will consume ourselves

And the depression always creepin' on my mental health

I'm from a long damn line, a toxic family tree

What happens first is we take accountability

What happens first is we, is we

Uh Oh, oh accountability, yeah, responsibility

Uh Oh, oh accountability, yeah response, yeah

Yeah, yeah

4 million dead, this shit outrageous

And even more who's names are not on paper

I'm terrified this shit is gon' take my father's place

'Cause some of y'all don't want that needle or some cloth on your face

And if we did it, then we're sheep, or just some rats in the race

I guarantee that when you're dead we won't be losing our pace

Tell me how does it feel to know you're contributing

To the destruction of what is left of humanity

They're killing people who out here doing shit peacefully

And then it's world war three when we get mad about it

And y'all are sitting back with your buttons and laughing 'bout it

I know it took a lot of effort posting memes about it

I know you sucked out every ounce of unemployment

Given out by the same people you're booing

Look at you up on the pedestal so effortlessly

It's time for you to take accountability

Uh Oh, oh accountability (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, responsibility (Responsibility, oh)

Uh Oh, oh accountability (Oh, accountability, yeah)

Yeah, response, yeah