Black Shades and Blue Colors

What is it like to be in my skin You have no clue They talk about this skin and that Skin but all they see Is black and brown Hands up just shoot Every color except you Gunned down in our home Gunned down in the street Years later Nothing said Just hatred Being distributed to black lives That everyone seems to think That that WE share Land of the brave No Land of the Free Is everyone free but my color when you speak No one seems to Understand what's it Like to be me I don't know I'm bout to set the city on fire I'm bout to set the city on fire I'm bout to set the city on fire They wanna expire a young Black kid like me That got the desire To make it out alive One day and inspire All we needed was love All we needed was acceptance Now we ain't accepting this And we ain't accepting that Hands up don't shoot Please stop killing blacks Ooooo I'm bout to set the city on fire I'm bout to set the city on fire Say their name Every time I open Up my chat Say their name When they Slaughter An unarmed black It's a fact The system That we live In protects Every color When videos Give them Proven facts Everyday there's A story of a killing And no one Seems to Understand The way that we feeling What did we do To deserve This treatment Who am I To cause such a burden In greeting The birds And the beezes Standing on our Necks and I Still can't breathe And you still ask What's the meaning Do you really see me Can you really hear me Do you really care We bleeding We torched We can get up We bleeding We torched We can get up I'm bout to set the city on fire I'm bout to set the city on fire I'm bout to set the city on fire They wanna expire a young Black kid like me That got the desire To make it out alive One day and inspire All we needed was love All we needed was acceptance Now we ain't accepting this And we ain't accepting that Hands up don't shoot Please stop killing blacks Ooooo I'm bout to set the city on fire I'm bout to set the city on fire Who am I To believe That possibly Me and you Could've been Things just don't Seem real Growing up I hated The skin that I was in They wanted me to be more like them So I could Just fit in Man knoll It was never that simple Maybe we Could've existed A long time ago In agreeaance Before the lynchings Wonder why we Keep bringing it up Because it's still Going on We see it everyday Recorded on a phone This Picture perfect System Just Not that sturdy We don't threaten Your lives We threaten Just Your money Because we Found a way To beat the system You just Don't get it And it's okay We finally getting The picture As an African American Imma set this pace Lacing up my sneakers To outrun you Up in this race Face to face With these demons I promise you We gone be out here Voting to stop This game Marching Like Martin I'm bout to set the city on fire I'm bout to set the city on fire I'm bout to set the city on fire They wanna expire a young Black kid like me That got the desire To make it out alive One day and inspire All we needed was love All we needed was acceptance Now we ain't accepting this And we ain't accepting that Hands up don't shoot Please stop killing blacks Ooooo I'm bout to set the city on fire I'm bout to set the city on fire