Don’t Shoot Me Down

[Chorus: Rakeem Miles]
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now

[Verse 1: Rakeem Miles]
Got a son on the way
With this gun to my face
But he gon' take my life
I finally got a job and I'm living on my own
But he gon' take my life
I just graduated, made my mommy proud
But he gon' take my life
All these tears that I shed, these years that I lived
But he gon' take my life
Can't a young nigga live?
Let me, you seen what a young nigga did
Had to tell my homies that I'm 'bout that shit
Came to my turf so the nigga got murked

[Chorus: Rakeem Miles]
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now

{Verse 2: Kae Hock]
Hands up, don't shoot
Hands up, don't shoot
This ain't how it supposed to be
But what it's supposed to be between me and you
You acting like Darren Wilson, George Zimmerman
Well, how you gonna claim you a real nigga then?
We came from the same hood, no different
Yeah, I got similar skin as my trigger, man
I remember when I was out in Cali tryna change the surroundings around me
You got the news that a couple kids from my [?] mother were slaughtered while they was back home in New Ark
And they was school cats
Dead [?]
How could you do that?
I'm confused that how we are the same
Especially if you black, latino, or asian
If you'd act like you knew that
The progress would be amazing
When you want success, you gotta be dedicated at heart
When you celebrating and far from whoever hating
They was just kids that was tryna be educated and now that you'll never make it your money was devastated
And I'm real low down
Watching my people as the tears flow down from all of this evil But I believe in my people so just remember your regal
And king wear your crown

[Chorus: Rakeem Miles]
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now
Brother, don't shoot me down
I need you right now (huh, huh, huh, oh)