Lights

[Verse 1]
Yeah
Flashin lights in my rearview, pull over let down my window
Ask him what is the issue, he ask me to see credentials
License and registration provided no hesitation
Smilin at him to make a more comfortable situation
My tags up to date and my dash dont have no weight
I dont have nothing I think cause I'm black
You want to take me right back to that plantation
Call call the police station, hop out
But all them places you bought all of that (?)
Dont start interrogating, you cops always beraters
Provoke us all to anger, how bout some explanation
Of why these accusations are false
But still you made it a point to have me wait by my car
The point you got it across, the type that's burning a cross
About to reach for a brush, then you reach for a gun
Bullet badge nightstick, aiming to kill
Take my love away with the hate that u give
Yeah

[Chorus]
All they wan' do is murder murder me
They da ones doin all the murdering
All we wan' do is see another day
All them wan' do is take me life away
All them wan' do is murder murder me
They da ones doin all the murdering
All we wan' do is see another day
Why da flashin lights determine all me fate
Fuck the one time

[Verse 2]
Moment captured imagine this picture
Unfortunately we cannot pick how we depicted
We both are nervous because we heard that the other tryna dig us a grave
Six feet under you train
Keep us under restraint
I strain to keep calm but I'm on one
Looking for some help that won't come
Causin' a storm where people who swore to serve and protect
The ones causin the harm disrespect take it too far
Mistreatment gone for too long, got my palms on the dashboard
Stopped by task force, what are you wearing a badge for?
You move with dishonor in front of Your Honor
Now you want to act more
Concerned for lawyers with firms and workers that earn
Money from paid leave
After he sprayed, three children dead on the blacktop
Body in black box, (?) the sermon problems on blackboards
All for a black boy
All for a black boy

[Chorus]
All them wan' do is murder murder me
They da ones doin all the murdering
All we wan' do is see another day
All them wan' do is take me life away
All them wan' do is murder murder me
They da ones doin all the murdering
All we wan' do is see another day
Why da flashin lights determine all me fate
Fuck the one time

[Verse 3]
I believe God is very powerful
God is like, something that's always expanding
God is like, me and you
I'm gonna share something that's been on my mind lately
We say 'Black Lives Matter'
You respond with 'Blue Lives Matter'
I'm sure you have a... son that's a cop, mother, a father
I'm sure havin that job to serve and protect the community means a lot to your family
But my skin color?
That's not a job I can clock out from
Or career that... I can retire from
It's me every day. 24/7
And you just compared your profession
With my existence
See how disrespectful that is?
I believe deep down we're all good people
I'm scared of you, you scared of me
We all have the same fears
I'm not here to hurt you
I just want you to stop hurting me
I didn't do nothing to you
My skin is just darker than yours
But this skin is beautiful
This skin is... God
Respect God