Colours on the Ground

Mama soaked in tears and on her knees She holds her baby as caution tapes around She keeps on screaming, "He was just 19" The men in blue said, "I told him to stay down" That doesn't make it right Shame on you, shame on you And if we asked the ones we lost What they did so wrong, all they'd say is I had my hands up, my hoody on Complying, still I'm dying I just had my hands up, my hoody on No gun was drawn, still they find a way to make us Colours on the ground That's all they wanna see To them we'll always be Is just another colour on the ground A child 4 years old in the back seat Someone tread on daddy's shirt after 5 pops ring so loud Too young to understand what it quite means Why is daddy no longer around? If she could ask her father what he did What was so wrong, he'd say, baby I just had my hands up, my dreads were locked My skin was black, so they attacked Baby, I just had my hands up, my hoody on No gun was drawn, still they find a way to make us Colours on the ground That's all they wanna see To them we'll always be Is just another colour on the ground Together we're strong I'm sick of them painting the streets with them brown and reds Them brown and reds But keep marching on I tell them copperly ones, go turn in the badge, turn in the badge We'll always be here They try, they try But But they can't get rid of us, yeah I stay down for you