1. |
Kabwasa's Intro
01:16
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[Intro: Various Protesters]
Black Lives Matter! Black Lives Matter!
Black Lives Matter! Black Lives Matter!
Black Lives Matter!
[Interlude: Kabwasa]
Mike Brown, Stephon Watts, Oscar Grant, Larry Jackson…
Trayvon Martin, Kendrec McDade, Garry Hatches…
George Floyd, Meagan Hockaday, Rekia Boyd, Kian Livingston…
Eric Garner, Yvette Smith, Kimani Gray, Dontre Hamilton…
Timothy Russell, Derek Williams, Patrick Dorismond, Tanisha Anderson…
Shantel Davis, Alan Blueford, Ezell Ford, Sean Bell, Corey Harris…
Jon Ferrell, Victor Steen, Frank Clark, Dane Scott, Shelly Frey…
Terrence Sterling, Maya Hall, Tamir Rice, Gus Rugley…
Eleanor Bumpurs, John Crawford, Phillip Pannel…
Tyre King, Natasha McKenna, Jonny Gammage…
Joshua Beal, Alexia Christian…
[Outro: Protester]
Black lives matter!
All lives cannot matter until black lives matter!
All of these people out here are allies, all of these people out here see that there is a serious fucking problem!
If my mom can die tomorrow for walking out of her house, hell yeah, I’ma be out here!
There’s tear gas over there and it fucking hurts but guess what else hurts?
Having a police officer kneel on your fucking neck for seven minutes while the life drains out of you!
That shit hurts so guess what, I will willingly put myself through pain, so that I can avenge that man’s death and every single black person who has died at the hands of police brutality!
That is why we’re here, black lives fucking matter!
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2. |
EXHAUSTED !
02:15
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[Intro: Gianna Floyd & Protesters]
No Justice! No Peace! No Justice! No Peace!
No Racist! Police! No Justice! No Peace!
No Justice!
He did what?
Daddy changed the world!
No Justice! No Peace!
[Hook: Clarence The Kid]
I’m exhausted
All I really want is
To feel like a human being despite what the law says
Why do all the cops just
Hold our black lives hostage
It’s time for a revolution, we gon’ keep on marching
I said we’re exhausted
All we really want is
To feel like some human beings despite what the law says
Why do all the cops just
Hold our black lives hostage
It’s time for a revolution, we gon’ keep on marching
I said, I said
[Verse 1: Clarence The Kid]
You ain't really serve and protect (Nope!)
Why you kneeling on a man’s neck
What the fuck is you doing? (Derek)
Why the 12 never show us respect? (Never!)
Why they always wanna bring death
Bring death to the movement
Ain't it crazy how the people linked up? (Like that)
Everybody out here fighting for a change
You don't hear us?
Well I guess in that case we’ll speak up (Speak up)
Damn right, I’m glad that you motherfuckers fear us
We don't want none of your problems
We want justice for all of the fallen
Sick of seeing disrespect from the forces (Sick of it!)
Protectors of law acting lawless (What?)
Ain’t nobody really doing nothing bad (We’re really not)
Walking peacefully and this is how you act? (Trash)
Lay a violent hand down, we’re recording that (We see you!)
Dumb criminals, why you hide behind the badge?
If you gonna feel for us, then kneel for us
Not for the photo-op but really cuz you're here for us
Y’all been faking on us, you don't care for us
Tear gas choking all of America
Ain't that some shit, speak up for what's right and you might get hit
With a rubber bullet or some pepper spray in the face
Five-0, that is not okay
[Hook: Clarence The Kid]
Yeah I’m exhausted
All I really want is
To feel like a human being despite what the law says
Why do all the cops just
Hold our black lives hostage
It’s time for a revolution, we gon’ keep on marching
I said we’re exhausted
All we really want is
To feel like some human beings despite what the law says
Why do all the cops just
Hold our black lives hostage
It’s time for a revolution, we gon’ keep on marching
I said, I said --
[Outro: Unidentified Protester]
I find it disgusting the the LAPD is slaughtering peaceful protesters on the streets. I had two friends go to the protest in Beverly Hills a couple days ago and the protest was peaceful until the police showed up with their excessive, violent force, shooting rubber bullets and throwing tear gas! Is this what you think of protecting and serving? Because I think it’s bullshit! Fuck you Michael Moore, I refuse to call you an officer or a chief because you don’t deserve those titles. You are a disgrace! Suck my dick and choke on it! I yield my time, fuck you!
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3. |
Big Floyd Speaks
00:58
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[Interlude: George Floyd]
Sup, Big Floyd, man.
Say man, I’m back at it, man
Workout gang, getting back on up, man, you know?
I went through some things, man, had to bounce back, man
I’m just sharing right now, you know what I’m saying?
Cuz man, people quick to count you out, man
But just so strict on counting you in, you know?
One thing ‘bout old Floyd, man, I love the world
I ain’t putting on, ask anybody that know me, then they know me
You know cuz like, people be acting like they be scared to embrace God
Worried about the next man gon’ say and all that
Man, you better get down… Know what I’m saying?
Like I ain’t here to show out and all that
You know, this here just for -- to motivate somebody to --
Who wanna work out that might need it or
Whatever you’re going through, man
Man, don’t let Instagram fool you, man
And get you depressed, looking at what other people doing and all that, man
I love you, man
Big Floyd, Cuney Homes family
I’m ghost
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4. |
Two Choices
01:47
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[Intro: Clarence The Kid & George Floyd / Police Officer]
(Stay on your feet and face the car door!)
(Please!!)
If I see one more story like this man…
It’s the same shit… Y’all not tired of this?
Fuck
(Dang man, I’m not that kind of guy)
[Hook: Clarence The Kid]
Look, I done seen a lot of people die
Every single fucking time I’m on my timeline
It’s upsetting
I got two choices, do I sit and hide
Or give piggies a piece of my mind
Because they don’t get me
Five-0 hate my life
Only see me as an evil being capable of crime
So they try to kill me
Will I put it all on the line or stay silent?
Only one choice makes sense to me really
[Verse 1: Clarence The Kid]
(I can’t breathe, Mr. Officer! Please!! Please! Ahh!)
Look, George said he couldn’t breathe
Eric said he couldn't breathe
Freddie said it too
Now we mobbin’ in the streets
Couple hundred thousand feet
In each city, march for justice
Like we oughta do
Ahmaud got shot, Terence got shot
Alton got shot, man, Breonna and Philando too
Why they wanna be so trigger happy
This ain’t have to happen
But that's how you motherfuckers chose to move
This the kind of country that we living in
Just existing could raise some suspicion then
You could just be beat into oblivion
With excuses of being combative or resisting them
Or threatening when in reality they just want to see you die
They aint never gon’ kill our spirit, I'd like to see them try
Who am I? I’m a proud black man, and I stand with my troops
And you ain't never gonna put us on mute
Cuz it’s a war we’re fighting
[Hook: Clarence The Kid]
I done seen a lot of people die
Every single fucking time I’m on my timeline
It’s upsetting
I got two choices, do I sit and hide
Or give the piggies a piece of my mind
Because they don’t get me
Five-0 hate my life
Only see me as an evil being capable of crime
So they try to kill me
(I wouldn’t do nothing to hurt y’all, Mr. Officer)
Will I put it all on the line or stay silent?
Only one choice makes sense to me really
[Outro: Protester & George Floyd]
All four cops need to be charged
(Why y’all doing me like that, Mr. Officer?)
And also third degree murder?
Excuse me but what is that?
(Look man, I’m claustrophobic for real, Mr. Officer)
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5. |
Sirens
03:15
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[Verse 1: Clarence The Kid]
Living in downtown Los Angeles
Surrounded by some blacks and hispanics
While I'm walking through a campus full of white folk
DPS texting us with descriptions of the enemy
And if you don't know
They all look like me
Entire community being gentrified
I had to train myself not to run and hide or I’ll look suspicious
And so I’ll act like the whites as a disguise
Cuz if I act how I want in public
I might be subject to questions
I’ve been taught to code switch for protection
Cause people freak out if you’re acting too ethnic
Never respected, just tolerated for art and our culture
And nothing more so I’m walking lightly
Always be too polite and speak kindly
I feel like a sell out, but that’s how I’ve survived
My colored people targeted every day and every night for being authentic
I go home and I hold my head and I cry
For the families in South Central that’s tired
Of all the sirens playing
[Hook: Clarence The Kid]
I hear sirens out the window
Hope the people okay
System always been against us
For no reason, I pray
For our safety and I’m hoping
Maybe one of these days
That things will be much better
I hear sirens out the window
Hope the people okay
System always been against us
For no reason, I pray
For our safety and I’m hoping
Maybe one of these days
That things will be much better
[Verse 2: Clarence The Kid]
It’s 2am and I’m whipping it through the westside
Quarantine been having me itching to see the outside
Scooped up my homegirl, we driving, blasting the music
When some lights and sirens pop up behind me, so I pull over
And pull the keys out ignition, put em on the roof
Get my license out and place my hands at 10 and 2
Had registration ready so they wouldn’t have to shoot
Because I’m reaching for the glove box and might pull out the tool
Cop gets on the megaphone, says roll your windows down
I comply and see two officers hop out as they start walking to me
I see them take their flashlights off of their belts and
Look all up inside my car before they even started talking to me
Fuck standard procedure, this ain’t no traffic stop
The only thing that's running through my head is “don’t get shot”
Cuz I’ve seen the stories, and I know what can happen
It’s safer to let ‘em have it, that's what it’s like being black in
This country
[Hook: Clarence The Kid]
I see sirens out my window
Hope that I’ll be okay
System always been against me
For no reason, I pray
For my safety and I’m hoping
Maybe one of these days
That things will be much better, please
I see sirens out my window
Hope that I’ll be okay
System always been against me
For no reason, I pray
For my safety and I’m hoping
Maybe one of these days
That things will be much better
[Verse 3: Clarence The Kid]
Scrolling through Twitter, I see the protesters’ signs
People fighting for justice, fed up with the pain inside
And it’s beautiful seeing faces of all kinds
Men, women, and children, colored people and allies
But then I see bullets flying, tear gas, citizens choking
Crowds getting run over, people seizing, I’ve seen explosions
Buildings on fire, helicopter blades chopping the air
All to silence something peaceful, why this world so unfair?
Ridiculous
[Hook: Clarence The Kid]
I hear sirens out my window
Please keep my people safe
System always been against us
For no reason, I pray
For our safety and I’m hoping
Maybe one of these days
That things will be much better
It’s gotta get better
I hear sirens out the window
Please keep my people safe
System always been against us
For no reason, I pray
For our safety and I’m hoping
Maybe one of these days
That things will be much better
Please
[Outro: Unidentified NYPD Officers]
-Shoot those motherfuckers!
-Don’t put that over the air
-Can we just start locking people up already?
-No, it doesn’t work like that
-At least I won’t take a knee
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6. |
Expendable (feat. Jamel)
02:10
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[Intro: Protester]
We have been mistreated for more than 300 years!
There is blood on these streets, sir!
Why are we going to continue being peaceful when they are killing my brothers and sisters?
We are being peaceful, we are on the grass!
Why are they here? It is because of them why we’re here so why the fuck are they here, sir?
I’m tired of being peaceful!
I have lost three brothers to this sir! Three!!
This is not alright! I’m hurt!
[Verse 1: Clarence The Kid]
Am I expendable?
Is life contingent on white supremacists with ammo
Relentlessly killing colored people, if I go
Outside will I die? The answer I do not know
But really it's possible
Shots with no probable cause and no obstacles
Shea butter skin give permission to follow you
Moving in silence is cause for somebody to silence you
What is the law gon’ do? Besides murder you
Or let the murderer go with no logical
Reason why he’s not responsible
For pulling triggers on innocent black individuals
It feels impossible, fighting a system that just wants to end your existence
A human diminished into an image of a criminal with bad intentions
They pull out their weapons
Always shoot first and ask second then go play the victim
And get off with mental illness, self protection, or citizen with suspicion
Man look how we living
We on a timer, your life could get took any minute
And don’t nobody ever really care until it's trending
[Hook: Clarence The Kid & Jamel]
Am I expendable?
(Damn, this shit is heavy
This shit is heavy)
The answer, I don’t know
Everyday could be my last
So i’m praying my present will end up my past not my ending
I’m so far from finished, but letting me live’s your decision
I’m begging don’t kill me please
Where will my people go?
(Damn, this shit is heavy
This shit is heavy)
Trapped by your control
Don’t know my value cuz I just see
Media broadcasting images of police
Shooting up people whose skin looks the same as me
And it brings pain to me
Why do they hate on me?
Am I expendable?
[Interlude: Protester]
You don’t see my eyes? I’m hurt!
[Verse 2: Clarence The Kid]
Looking for some peace within myself
Looking for a break from all this shit
When you’re black there’s no vacation time
Everyday’s a battle to fit in
Everybody wanna keep you out
This world ain’t got no love left for us
This for every Ruby in the south
This for every Rosa on the bus
This for every Michael, Eric, George, Breonna, Alton
Sandra, Trayvon Martin
Regardless of what names are said
By being black we’ve been inside the shoes of all them
The times been tough, the road been hard but best believe that we’ve been steady making progress
And we will fight, and we won't stop at all until the day our sons and daughters are walking
Free
[Outro: Protester]
It’s not okay!
America cannot be the land of the free
Until every fucking life is free!
Point blank, motherfucking, period!
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Clarence The Kid Los Angeles, California
I believe everyone can be a kid.Everyone has an inner child locked up inside of them, buried behind an ever-growing pile of responsibilities and commitments that try to silence that part of your existence. My aim is to bring that child out. I think everyone is still a kid at heart. ... more
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