Which side are you on? – Tom Morello [cover of Florence Reece] (2011) d1201
Across this great old nationTell me what you gonna do?When there’s one law for the rulersAnd one law for the rules
Smiling (Quirky Race Doc) – Open Mike Eagle & Paul White (2016) d1116
Just be a personThat’s the bottom line be a personAnd fuck the rhyme scheme this time just be a personAnd I can be a person tooAnd we can be people
HELL YOU TALMBOUT – Janelle Monae f. Jidenna, Wondaland Records (2015) d1115
Walter Scott, say his name Jerame Reid, say his name Philip White, say his name Eric Garner, say his name Trayvon Martin, say his name Sean Bell, say his name Freddie Gray, say his name Aiyana Jones, say her name Sandra Bland, say her name Kimani Gray, say his name John Crawford, say his name […]
Lift every voice and sing – Melba Moore and friends (1990) d1090
Stony the road we trod,Bitter the chastening rod,Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat,Have not our weary feetCome to the place for which our fathers sighed?We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,Out from […]
I’m gonna lasso Santa Claus – Brenda Lee – (1964) d1065
I’m gonna pop, pop Santa ClausWith my water pistol gunAnd then I’ll take his bags of toys and runAnd bring to all the kids who don’t have none
The safety net-work; an anti-racist imperative for public health data – Dr. Rhea Boyd (2019) d1010
Equity is not the end goal, and I would say, maybe even justice is not the end goal. It’s not just that we’re trying to provide for people’s resources by need now, which is equity, or justice would say, we’re also going to provide and redress all the years we weren’t providing for your needs. […]
Paint the white house green (Ani for prez) – Dan Mackenzie (2004) d923
Would it be against the rulesTo save the ozone layer, the oceans and the schools?
Rebuild a nation – Damon Locks / Black Monument Ensemble (2019) d917
We can rebuild a nation no longer working
For the millions – The Last Poets (2019) d916
For the millions who marchedWho sangPrayedSat-inLaid inLived inJailed inBoycottedPicketedSpit atCursed atYelled atLike black’s not where it’s at
