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Chillin While Black
GOTHAM; Talib Kweli; Diamond D
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Yo, yo
I want to send a big shoutout to Nehanda Abiodun
Also wanna send a big shout out to Erica Garner, rest in piece
Come on
Yo, you see that the KKK did a GoFundMe
For the dude who killed Mike Brown
We gotta call 'em out and shame these devils
I come from the era of Yusef Hawkins, Eleanor Bumpers
These New York cops will violate you with a plunger
Coroner cars, Adam-12 no jumper
Truly be surprised if we survive the whole summer
They'll rock you to a sleep way deeper than any slumber
(Yeah, yeah)
Got too excited in a change in this mighty climate
It's a sound bomb and they gotta run into a safe environment
These no-rhyming profiteers these lames is cosigning
Be so silent when the state tryna promote violence
On Black fathers and mothers, this shit is so common
Brothers and sisters is dying
We tough, no crying
Black bodies laying dead on the streets like there's no problem
No paramedics, no ambulances, no sirens
No comments from the press, we being sacrificed
They profiting from our deaths
Look it's right there in black and white
Fuck being a slave praying for freedom in the afterlife
I'm snatching you from your plate until we'll satisfy
My appetite for justice, it's just us
Suckas never qualify
Equality don't mean you lose your slice
This shit is not a pie
Touch on the sky whenever we rhyme
'Cause my niggas is fly
Look in my eye you, getting mother fucking hypnotized
You see the one where the shot dude in the back
When he was on the run?
You see the one where they shot the kid over the toy gun?
He was 12 years old, why did the call the cops?
Nah, I meant the other dude at the Walmart
You see how they did Sandra Bland?
You seen the one in Cincinnati with the body cam?
You seen the one where they shot dude with his baby in the car?
Even after he cooperated and told them he had a legal fireman
You seen the one where they killed dude in the van?
Out in Baltimore where the lawyer will plant a gun in your hand
After they clap you, slap you verbally harass you, attack you
Leave you black and blue
If you ask too many questions, they shooting to kill
Like fuck arresting, they just doing they job
Killing niggas is they profession
You seen the one where they choked him out over the cigarette?
It's 2020 and still ain't no justice for niggas yet
They supposed to keep the citizens safe
Instead we get a quick trip to the grave
Come around my way
(Come on)
Like illin', I'll scratch
Might get arrested just for chillin' while Black
12 all in my face, you know, but I talk back
Might get arrested just for chillin' while Black
Can't bike down a block or jog down the track, nope
Might get arrested just for chillin' while Black
Can't walk to the liquor store and grab some yak
Might get arrested just for chillin' while Black
See the nice cars and think I manufacture crack
Might get arrested just for chillin' while Black
(Look)
If there's a war going on outside no Black is safe from
The daily bullshit we can't escape from
Retaliatory thoughts we take shape from
Behind the eyes of seeing DA's lies
Trumped an alibi, drowned by mama's cries
They hate us all, it ain't hard to surmise
Spirit of Newton, once we start shooting
When the cries go unheard, we start looting
But not in the hood, we going downtown
Broken glass and anarchy around town
The rhetoric from these redneck confederates
Only proved these racists are inveterate
So I play 'em like a piano
FNX-9 AP ammo
Attack the cam, nights cold, no more talking
I'm done with the marching, no more walking
12 all in my face, you know, but I talk back
Might get arrested just for chillin' while Black
Can't bike down a block or jog down the track
Might get arrested just for chillin' while Black
Can't walk to the liquor store and grab some yak
Might get arrested just for chillin' while Black
See the nice cars and think I manufacture crack
Might get arrested just for chillin' while Black
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