April 29th

I hope you can take something from this This song is about the significance of this date And how it is unfortunately still our today But it doesn't have to be our tomorrow April 29th Three decades later after the LA riots and somehow we're still fighting To diminish the fear and anxiety of living in the US With a darker complexion Despite the past years' worth of insurrection Hindsight was not quite fully realized in 2020 Maybe 2022 will grant us some peace Not five months into the new year But we've already lowered into cemetery soil Well over 29 Rodneys, Trayvons, Breonnas, and George Floyds That's why we're making more noise We need change Racist cops are stacking bodies Because taking lives is as unavoidable As children breaking toys into pieces And then he says And then he says, "Who can stop me anyway? I've got the weight of authority behind me," and then, deplorably Do not defy me! The power's in my hand The law is heavy And convictions are steady falling in my favor Either way we decide to play or act this out I'm getting out, you're going down We can do this the long way or we can end this now Let me cock this back Shoot first, so no questions later But first you could've at least just reached for the taser! And how is it that the "protectors" of our nation Choose deadly force over peaceable detainment? Yet they're dismissed from arraignment With a slap on the wrist While their victims are laid in casket-containment And the ones left behind are in the worse situation Half living, hardly breathing, on the verge of suffocation Shoot first Reach for the taser Choose deadly force over peaceable detainment? Slap on the wrist Laid in casket-containment Half living, hardly breathing, on the verge of suffocation Half living, hardly breathing, on the verge of suffocation