Far from Great

Amerikkka fallin' down in the pit Same shit once again, I wonder when it'll end Another black life, taken out in the street By a coward with a badge, we can't trust the police I'm pourin' out my heart all on these keys I'm spilling all the shit that they won't ever say for free I'd like to think there's nothing they can take from me But minorities are killed on the news like every week It ain't police brutality, that shit is murder They screamin' 'I can't breathe' and they act like they ain't heard ya Seems like they ain't satisfied until your pulse flat How many have we lost and we'll never get they pulse back? They want us to keep the peace But white people burned shit when Kaepernik took a knee We're part of a broken system, I shouldn't fear the police But if I dial 911, they could end up shooting me Cause I got a different tone in my skin White people never know feeling alone in their skin They'll never understand the separation that we have And I'll never get the same opportunities you get My parents migrated from Mexico, years back I'm gettin deep man I'm struggling holding tears back My dad came to this country, legally at 17 To find a better life and to somehow chase a dream But because of the brown shade of my skin They're quick to judge and say that I'm illegally within The walls of their America, the land of the free But this country isn't fond of you and me Tell me what's changed, blacks are still being detained What's the difference between cuffs or locking them up in chains? Amerikkka is hell, we got brown babies in cages They lost records of these kids burning thousands of these pages The truth is, Trump don't care about you like the way you think he does The whole system is fucked, they don't really care for us The governments worst fear is that we unbury the truth They barely gave us 1200 but they wonder why we loot But police still continue to shoot How many murders from these cops do we really need to prove? Good morning, Amerikkka, we need some real change We can't afford to keep moving in these same damn ways We all have a voice, please use it if you can Use your white privilege, check the color of your hands To make a difference, black or brown, it's designed to be hard White lives in America are valued more than ours That's a simple truth that I hate to admit But I seen it first hand, this world needs to get a grip We need to end this shit, can't let the law mistreat us I hope these words become history and I won't have to repeat em Cause this shit happens time and time again What kind of changes do we need so it won't happen again? Too many lives lost due to power hungry cops They just committed murder, but the system let 'em walk We just want justice, we just want change Rest In Peace to their souls, please don't stop saying their names We can put an end to the murders on the news It doesn't happen overnight, but it begins with me and you