On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man was jogging along a road in Satilla Shores, Georgia, when he was confronted by two white men and fatally killed.
The story received international media coverage nearly two months after the incident when cellphone footage of the murder was sh...
[Intro:]
Yeah
I don’t really know if I should say this
But I feel like I got to
[Verse 1:]
Black, but my blood run red
Locust in the valley
Just to see me fall dead
Focus on the tally
Playing bingo on my head
Got 9 lives in the coup and they all in county jail
Who’s this nigga think he is?
What he tryna do?
Jogging in this neighborhood
What he tryna lose?
Target practice on the black bodies
Red dots on my life, Colin Kaep'n on me
[Verse 2:]
Just another one lost his soul
They’ll move on ‘fore the body get cold
Death ain’t the killer, it’s these niggas who bold
Only wish I got, is to fucking grow old
Is to live and grow old
But this America
Who you think going save ya?
Working up long enough just to die before they pay ya
Bodies steady drowning on the shores of Satilla
[Chorus:]
It’s America
Who are you waiting for?
Who are you waiting for?
Land of Satilla Shores
It’s America
(It’s America)
Who are you waiting for?
(Waiting for)
Who are you waiting for?
(Waiting for)
Who
[Verse 3:]
When niggas buddy with the chief
Who the fuck am I supposed to call, the police?
Problems solve it underneath the table
Money switching hands with the badge willing and they able
Protecting their own lives
Investing in a system that’s supporting privatize
Families broken up because they’re broke tryna survive
What’s a plea to a nigga doing 25?
What’s a dream when they take your life?
[Verse 4:]
But y’all ain’t ready for that conversation
Rather talk who’s in my bed than the shit I’m saying
Rather talk about my nails than the invention
Still making cameos, Birth of Nations
And if they ask me who I am
Tell em I’m a King
I’m the motherfucking man
Tell em both a god and a goddess of the land
Satilla gonna burn in the palm of God’s hands
[Chorus:]
It’s America
Who are you waiting for?
(Straight up)
Who are you waiting for?
Land of Satilla Shores
It’s America
(It’s America)
Who are you waiting for?
(Waiting for)
Who are you waiting for?
(Waiting for)
Who
Satilla Shores was written by Leon Waldo.
Satilla Shores was produced by Leon Waldo.
Leon Waldo released Satilla Shores on Fri May 15 2020.