A Long Short Way

In no way shape of form do I mean to be disrespectful
But truth gotta be told
Peace to the ancestors!

[Hook]
We've come a long short way but we can't stop
The fire never slowed down, it's still hot
We won't be free till we know we're not
(Say that again)
I said we won't be free till we know we're not

[Verse 1: K-Rino]
I wasn't born back in slavery but I read about it
The hurt and suffering was hard to wrap my head around it
Are there any levels of present day regrеt I doubt it
The ones who did it are upsеt cause we're upset about it
They only tell a watered down version so I'ma run it
Picture a fetus being sliced out of his momma's stomach
They wanna hide the truth so they tune it down a notch
But when they hung a black man a whole town would watch
With ways of hate, free labor was punctuated
Three hundred years straight and none of us got compensated
Even the bad history can serve to motivate
But the fools we are today, we let that go to waste

[Hook]
We've come a long short way but we can't stop
The fire never slowed down, it's still hot
We won't be free till we know we're not
(Say that again)
I said we won't be free till we know we're not

[Verse 2: K-Rino]
I wasn't born in the 60s but I read about it
When I was young I believed what teachers said about it
Some of us have knowledge of the truth but we're too scared to mouth it
If you think this country's different now forget about it
We would protest at a restaurant to sit in it
Begging them to eat their food so they can spit in it
And if a leader rose to prominence they hated them
The FBI or CIA assassinated them
You came in knowing that you had to have a life to give
Crazy to think that people died for the right to live
Deals broken, reparations that were never paid
And integration was the worst mistake we've ever made

[Hook]
We've come a long short way but we can't stop
The fire never slowed down, it's still hot
We won't be free till we know we're not
(Say that again)
I said we won't be free till we know we're not

[Verse 3: K-Rino]
I'm not in the future yet but still I'm planning for it
I'm in the present building up my understanding for it
Working everyday and strategizing every night
Planting seeds we hope to harvest there's a better life
Respect from the world nobody mistreating us
The children that we led today will soon be leading us
Let's go to mental places that we've never been before
Give blessing so down the line you can walk into yours
Now the focus has to be shifted to education and health
Generational curses reverse to generational wealth
Will we ever start embracing a newer way
Cause what happens tomorrow's based on what we do today

[Hook]
We've come a long short way but we can't stop
The fire never slowed down, it's still hot
We won't be free till we know we're not
(Say that again)
I said we won't be free till we know we're not