WHY? (feat. Charis Jones)

What we want is constitutional policing We don't police policing with a heavy hand or a militarized bend You know We want them to be fair We want them to have integrity, and We want justice, justice justice Swag A'int Free Tell me why why why why Why why it feels this way We gotta pray Tell me why why why why Why why it feels this way We gotta pray Tell me why Hands up we get shot Hands down we get shot Walk away from the cops But we still get shot When the body just drops The story gotta stop This violence getting old The story oh no Rodney got beat Gardner lifted off his feet Selling cigarettes man Or buying ice Tea This killing gotta stop You ain't hear it from me You already know That the swag aint free Man you driving fast you know they Bring you in Sandra Blamd never got seen again What's worse death or dry rotting in The pen Systemic rasism wins again oh no Tell me why why why why Why why it feels this way We gotta pray Tell me why why why why Why why it feels this way We gotta pray Tell me why Rest in Peace to Emmit Till That liar got him killled The casket was open The parents keep it real Like Phil Castile he was shot and Killed He was brutally slaughtered Right in front his daughter And the NRA outta, do something But they not why He the wrong color Why, why why why Laws Justifiy murder Working on the fields What that really taught us The displacement was real Stripped of our families Couldn't read man we might get Killed Knowledge is power no reparations The 13th admenment keeps us on The plantation Paraloe and probation I aint just waiting Tell me why why why why Why why it feels this way We gotta pray Tell me why why why why Why why it feels this way We gotta pray Tell me why One day a change But I'm still waiting Killed MLK Tell me why Black kings just man dead on the Pavement Malcom x Huey newton just assassinated Want to pacify our voice It's getting too loud But they killing people churches, Schools, in the crowd But we the thugs Did I get that right oh no Reach for our wallet Then we get shoot on sight Bezy Holmes I dont why brothers gotta die I dont why mothers gotta cry I dont why sisters gotta die I dont know why fathers got cry I dont know why but we got try Too many innocent children died Jail is full and we all know why The system is broken Lets stop getting slaughtered Why we gotta die for our rights Why we gotta die all the time I need to know Mike brown dont shoot Tell me why why why why Why why it feels this way We gotta pray Tell me why why why why Why why it feels this way We gotta pray Tell me why Don't shoot my son Don't shoot my daughter Prayer goes out to all the families Everyone effected by violence