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’
Walking in the snow – Run the Jewels (2020) d1234
And every day on evening news they feed you fear for freeAnd you so numb you watch the cops choke out a man like meAnd ’til my voice goes from a shriek to whisper, “I can’t breathe”And you sit there in the house on couch and watch it on TV
Get up, stand up – Bob Marley & the Wailers (1973) d1233
You can fool some people sometimesBut you can’t fool all the people all the timeSo now we see the light (What you gonna do?)We gonna stand up for our rights! (Yeah, yeah, yeah!)
My petition – Jill Scott (2004) d1232
You say you mean good for meBut you don’t do itYou say you have a plan but you just don’t go through with itYou say you know the way to goAnd I should followBut all of your empty promisesLeave me hollow
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
How long – Fantastic Negrito (2020) d1226
He wants me right? He wants to fightThe scary oneSo deep in a hole, you cannot breathe
Push back – Fantastic Negrito (2017) d1225
Stress, anxiety, fear (it’s time to push back)It shallows graves for losers
Freedom – Beyoncé f. Kendrick Lamar (2014) d1223
I can’t moveFreedom, cut me looseSingin’, freedom! Freedom! Where are you?‘Cause I need freedom, tooI break chains all by myselfWon’t let my freedom rot in hellHey! I’ma keep running‘Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves
I can’t breathe – Peace Poets (2014) d1222
I still hear my brother crying — “I can’t breathe” Now I’m in the struggle singing — “I can’t leave” We calling out the violence of these racist police And WE ain’t gonna stop — til our people are free!
Don’t believe the hype – Public Enemy (1988) d1207
Number one, not born to run, about the gunI wasn’t licensed to have oneThe minute they see me, fear meI’m the epitome, of “public enemy”
