Black Shoes

Damn another black baby on that pavement My people built this country for free This the repayment Looking in the sky second guessing where that prayer went Four hundred years later still dealing with the same shit man Now they kill us while they pose for the cameras Police fill my body with holes I got my hands up Say I can't kneel Beat me down I try to stand up Now you wanna tell me to chill Bitch I'm fed up like I guess you need yo knee on my neck If you shoot me in my back that must mean I'm a threat Guess since my skin is black then my sentence is death I said I can't breathe nigga you deaf Can't you see me crying for my momma Running to my granny I guess you the only one out here who got a family Pull me over just cause you jelly Tryna jam me Officer what I do This a misunderstanding I mean, look at my son Just watching you take his daddy from him Finger on yo trigger Itching to hit that panic button Wife in the passenger screaming Going frantic, cussing Bystanders watching like damn They killed that man for nothing How I'm resisting with my hands cuffed How I'm reaching for a gun I got my hands up How you patrolling a community you scared of Is it so hard for you to show a black man love These black shoes They seen it all But these black shoes They help me stand up when I fall Say these black shoes ain't made for y'all (Take a walk in em) Take a walk in these black shoes uh These black shoes yeah, yeah Long hug for all the black mothers And all the black sisters keeping all our backs covered Our black queens be the only people that love us Swear I never seen a strength like this When you gotta turn a goodnight kiss into a goodbye kiss And stand tall when err'body else is shook like this Cause you refuse to let us get our pride took by this You embrace us cause we look like this And I don't think we talk enough about yo struggle Before they open fire I just wanna say I love you Nothing like yo smile Queen don't let em take it from you And when it gets hard with all that shit you gotta juggle Just look above you Ima be right there cheering for ya Black woman and her love that's a hero for ya You know when it's time to ride she gone G up for ya And when this world take yo voice she gone speak up for ya Fist up leader for ya How he resisting with his hands cuffed How he reaching for a weapon with his hands up Tell me what about this color you so scared of Is it so hard for you to show a black man love If we don't have nothing in this world We've got one another Sister my brother Oh yeah Please save our children from this world Teach us to love us Sisters and brothers Oh yeah Hey son Found this on BJ's bed It's for you Big bro If you reading this I wish you wasn't I'm writing this Cause I got a feeling tonight May be the last time we speak That's why I asked you to come out One last turn up with big bro But you know I'm out here for the cause and I gotta do what I gotta do It's a solo mission this time This one foul ass cop Call himself flexing in my hood Harassing the kids bro I ain't gone have that I just need to catch him in action But he hotheaded So just in case I don't make it back Look after my kids for me And always let em know I love em more than anything That's why I'm doing this So maybe one day They ain't gotta live in fear I love you bro You know that music Don't stop doing that bro You a real storyteller You got a gift Maybe you can tell my story one day That way I know it's gone be told right But change my name though Give me something with a kick to it like I don't know like, Curt Yeah, I like Curt L-O-L You know it wouldn't be me If I ain't try to make a joke outta the situation But on a more serious note bro Take care of pops for me Until we meet again Ya lil bro BJ