Eve of destruction – Barry McGuire (1965) d1318
Yeah, my blood’s so mad, feels like coagulatin’,I’m sittin’ here, just contemplatin’,I can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation,Handful of Senators don’t pass legislation,And marches alone can’t bring integration,When human respect is disintegratin’,This whole crazy world is just too frustratin’,And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,Ah, you don’t believe […]
What it means – Drive By Truckers (2016) d1277
If you say it wasn’t racialWhen they shot him in his tracksWell I guess that means that you ain’t blackIt means that you ain’t blackI mean Barack Obama wonAnd you can choose where to eatBut you don’t see too many white kidsLying bleeding on the street
Freeze tag – Dinner Party f. Phoelix (2020) d1255
They told me put my hands up behind my headI think they got the wrong oneI’m sick and tired of runnin’ (Runnin’)I been searchin’ where the love went (Love went)I been lookin’ for a doveThen they told me if I move, they gon’ shoot me deadBut I think I’m ’bout to cut a rug (Cut […]
I can’t breathe – H.E.R. (2020) d1248
Starting a war, screaming “Peace” at the same timeAll the corruption, injustice, the same crimesAlways a problem if we do or don’t fightAnd we die, we don’t have the same rightWhat is a gun to a man that surrenders?What’s it gonna take for someone to defend her?If we all agree that we’re equal as peopleThen why can’t we see […]
Mississippi goddam – Nina Simone (1964) d1237
But that’s just the trouble‘Do it slow’Desegregation‘Do it slow’Mass participation‘Do it slow’Reunification‘Do it slow’Do things gradually‘Do it slow’But bring more tragedy‘Do it slow’
One love – Elle Varner (2014) d1235
But who’s to say that we can’t change and give one love, one love to everyone And who decides that its not the time, to give one love, one love to everyone
Don’t shoot – Game f. Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, Diddy, Fabolous, Wale, DJ Khaled, Swizz Beatz, Yo Gotti, Curren$y, Problem, King Pharaoh & TGT (2014) d1228
God ain’t put us on the Earth to get murdered, it’s murderGod ain’t put us on the Earth to get murdered, it’s murderDon’t point your weapons at me
Never catch me – Flying Lotus f. Kendrick Lamar (2014) d1227
Analyze my demise, I say I’m super anxiousRecognize I deprive this fear and then embrace itVandalizing these walls only if they could talkConversations don’t contemplate to my dark thoughts
