Hands to the Sky
Why you wanna follow me around your store
When I approach her car you're locking your door
Obama was the president you say it's all good
Policeman shoot me down because I wear a hood
Any ole excuse seems to do
Your flashing lights starts the ruse
Your dog-whistling fuels this great divide
It wasn't good people on the tiki torch side
Hands to the sky, my hands to the sky
Hands to the sky, my hands to the sky
Get your hands up
Hey stop, you know I can't breathe
Why you want to reign your hatred on me
Videos of the violence and still no conviction
Systematic oppression is our countries affliction
Your evil ways have put us all on a track
To 187 on your guilty right back
So I keep my hands high and held to the sky
But another seven rounds in me trying to comply
Hands to the sky, my hands to the sky
Hands to the sky, my hands to the sky
It's 2024 and they're still treating us dirty
We're still getting lynched like the brothers in the 30s
We put our hands up so they just so they can shoot them down
We're on a sunken ship where everybody's gonna drown
But what can we do how can we make it right
They make all the rules but they still lose the fight
They got them body cams but they still hide the truth
Gerrymandering in every state for their
Looting everything that's ours like a thief in the night
Are you sought in the darkness you can't keep from the light
Realize the enemy has no peace in this life
Still die on our knees with yo hands to the sky
It's heavy on my soul so I'm ready for the rival
I bear these bullet holes sow the road of survival
As a being of the human race and menace to society
Eyes that see an animal and hunt us like it's casual
Autor(es): Christopher Simpson, Earl Hazzard, Torrell Ruffin
