Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Grxwn Fxlks
Performer
Akil Esoon Griffin
Sampler
Masai Turner
Rap
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Masai Turner
Songwriter
Akil Esoon
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Akil Esoon Griffin
Producer
Masai Turner
Producer
Ronnie Land
Recording Engineer
Mike Bozzi
Mastering Engineer
Elton "L10MixedIt" Cheung
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
Legends never experience death
That means weapons that's forged against us won't get near to success
We're feared and we're blessed with PTSD serious stress
Cause knees in the rears of our necks is stealing our breath
That's why we've BEEN screaming BLM and FTP
Way before CNN and MSNBC
Waging war's the freshest recipe so let's get free
Not Televised but it's injected in an em-pee-three
You see there's flaws in the laws like probable cause
Suspicious, fit the description, and impossible odds
Murder was the cases they gave us, false was the charge
I shot the sheriff, ranking officer, and also the Sarge
We're in a Stop & Frisk apocalypse
Tear gas and rubber bullets vs. rock and bricks
The same shackles used for slavery now lock your wrists
To put us back on the plantation is why the cops exist
Incarceration of the masses by the classless, racists, and fascists
Baseless blatantly backwards hatred aimed at our blackness
Neighbors raising a black fist pain is major and maximum
It's not a game of captions "Say Their Names" with your actions
Real life feels like a movie plot
Your duty is not to brutally abuse the block
Leon Ford got accused to be some dude Lamont
Then a routine stop led to teen shot
Now Say Their Names
Now Say Their Names
Now Say Their Names
Now Say Their Names
Can't stop the attack
How you defend it when they sending seven shots to your back
Delayed pension paid suspension wouldn't cause him to act
Any different if his wrists just get a possible slap
Where are the consequences
When public servants murder the unarmed and defenseless
Good people "on both sides" beyond offensive
Can't be on the fences use your Common Senses
At some point, silence is a betrayal
In these times when simply driving or trying to live is fatal
With racial profiling just trying to live can fail
Some even died inside just trying to find the bail
Why are they so mad over that work "Matter"
When we're three times more likely observe that absurd data
They say stay positive but it only gets worse after
That's just scratching the surface I'm serving the first chapter
Too many cogs in the system
In Wisconsin they got two cops that belong in a prison
This song's for all of the martyrs on a posthumous mission
Say Breonna there's no longer an anonymous victim
Now Say Their Names
Now Say Their Names
Now Say Their Names
Now Say Their Names
Writer(s): Akil Esoon, Masai Turner
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