BLACK LIVES MATTER IT'S BEEN TO LONG

It's been too long, and it's been too long It's been too long, and it's been too long Over 400 years, they had to carry the burdens And we've inherited their pains It's been too long, you should be ashamed It's been too long, I'll say it again It's too long, over 400 years, it could've been more I'm not exactly sure, but too long, it's too long, we don't want anymore It's been too long, but you say you're not to blame It's been too long, too long since you made us your slaves Too long since you whip us again and again It's been too long, you've kept us in chains It's been too long, it's been too long We've been brought down to our knees It's been too long, we stopped playing your games It's been too long, but to you that doesn't matter To you, you're still calling us niggers It's been too long, I'll say it again It's been too long On March 3rd, 1991, Rodney King was brutally beaten by some of LAPD's racist cops It's too long, with him suffering so many blows He had so many fractures from his head to his toes How that man survived, God only knows It's been too long, when they even had it on video But the judge and jury were soft to a touch and didn't really care too much It has been too long, when the verdict came out It just felt like you were kicked in the gut The pain, the pain, it hurt so much But the pain, the pain was in vain The jury said there was no one to blame They let those stupid motherfucking cops go It's been too long Now, the police treat us like it's hunting season And you know it's too long When you don't need to give them a reason It's too long, I'll say it again It's been too long George Floyd, we shall not forget your name These stupid cops came along and tried to do the same But this time in a pandemic state The whole world was watching As eyewitnesses started recording This time, the cops definitely got the blame It's been too long For the black people You were brutally beaten with your knee on our neck Strangled, shot and killed I can name so many names that would put them to shame It's been too long Eric Garner was only 43 years old When he died on July 17, 2014 In Staten Islands, New York City Michael Brown was only 18 years old When he died on August 9, 2014 In Ferguson, Missouri The starting of black lives matter Tamir Rice was only 12 years old When he died on November 22, 2014 In Cleveland, Ohio Eric Harris was only 43 years old When he died on April 2, 2015 In Tulsa County, Oklahoma Walter Scott was only 50 years old When he died on April 4, 2015 In North Charleston, South Carolina Freddie Gray was only 25 years old When he died on April 19, 2015 In Baltimore, Maryland (Maryland) Alton Sterling was only 37 years old When he died on July 5, 2016 In Baton Rouge, Louisiana Taking me off our necks And give us back, back, back our freedom Philando Castile was only 32 years old When he died on July 6, 2016 In Falcon Heights, Minnesota (Minnesota) Stephon Clark was only 22 years old When he died on March 18, 2018 In Sacramento, California Botham Jean was only 26 years old When he died on September 6, 2018 In Dallas, Texas Breonna Taylor was only 26 years old When she died on March 13, 2020 In Louisville, Kentucky George Floyd was only 46 years old When he died on May 25, 2020 In Minneapolis, Minnesota Daunte Wright was only 20 years old When he died on April 11, 2021 In Brooklyn, Minnesota Patrick Lyoya was only 26 years old When he died on April 4, 2022 In Grand Rapids, Michigan It's been too long, too long Now this has to stop, it's been too long I'll say it again Too long you made us wait It's been too long You've shown us all of your hate It's been too long From generations to generations It's been too long And it feels like nothing's changed But now the world is watching It's been too long So we don't want history to repeat itself For it should not happen again But yet again Now here's another name we added to the list Sonya Massey was only 36 years old When she died on July 6, 2024 In Springfield, Illinois All lives matter All lives matter All lives matter All lives matter Take your knee off our necks And give us back, back, back, back our freedom Black lives matter Take, take, take your knee