[Produced by JCAL and Palace]
[Verse 1]
Black Lives Matter, that's the subject matter
Tell you to climb then they burn down your ladder
Sick of playing games like Snakes and Ladders
Matter of fact, I'm like Michael Jack, I’m badder
Now this yearnin' got me learnin' like Charlie Perkins
Educated black man, tired of soul searchin'
Tired of hurtin', tired of workin' and not earnin'
The same respect as my counterpart
My people in the death bed by preventable heart disease
Served through rations brought from oversees
On ships full of convicts and common thieves
Same ships, the one that brought my mother's genes
Same ships as the one that got me wearin' jeans
Same ships brought scholarships to university
So I can be a doctor and fix my people
But what's health when you're still not equal?
The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
The darker the skin, the quicker police shoot
Labeled as heroes that we all salute
But lest we forget our stolen youth
Our history is a mystery
But I know it word for word, yeah, it's clear to me
So what's the way forward? What's the way forward?
They throw us straight in jail, yeah, no court
Cases, on cases labeled as alcoholics, and never racist
Grab some shoe polish and paint the blackest faces
Darker than the past, darker than our present
Darker than the future that we're surely destined
Cause it's all good to call Mr. Goodes an ape
As long as you're thirteen and have a white face
But I ain't happy man, that shit is a disgrace
No game, no cards to play, it's more than race
[Verse 1]
Black Lives Matter, that's the subject matter
Tell you to climb then they burn down your ladder
Sick of playing games like Snakes and Ladders
Matter of fact, I'm like Michael Jack, I’m badder
Now this yearnin' got me learnin' like Charlie Perkins
Educated black man, tired of soul searchin'
Tired of hurtin', tired of workin' and not earnin'
The same respect as my counterpart
My people in the death bed by preventable heart disease
Served through rations brought from oversees
On ships full of convicts and common thieves
Same ships, the one that brought my mother's genes
Same ships as the one that got me wearin' jeans
Same ships brought scholarships to university
So I can be a doctor and fix my people
But what's health when you're still not equal?
The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
The darker the skin, the quicker police shoot
Labeled as heroes that we all salute
But lest we forget our stolen youth
Our history is a mystery
But I know it word for word, yeah, it's clear to me
So what's the way forward? What's the way forward?
They throw us straight in jail, yeah, no court
Cases, on cases labeled as alcoholics, and never racist
Grab some shoe polish and paint the blackest faces
Darker than the past, darker than our present
Darker than the future that we're surely destined
Cause it's all good to call Mr. Goodes an ape
As long as you're thirteen and have a white face
But I ain't happy man, that shit is a disgrace
No game, no cards to play, it's more than race
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