[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!
Featuring Kabwasa.
Written by Joshua A. Smith & Etienne Kabwasa Green.
Produced by Clarence The Kid.
Mixed and Mastered by Clarence The Kid.
Additional vocals by an unidentified protester.
Recorded in Clarence The Kid's bedroom in Los Angeles, CA.
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