It's a Black Thang

No justice, no peace, get your knee off my neck I can't breathe No justice, no peace, get your knee off my neck I can't breathe No justice, no peace, get your knee off my neck I can't breathe No justice, no peace, get your knee off my neck I can't breathe We will fall, but we surely will rise Determination, tunnel vision, I can see the prize Lyrics in your soul, song you will sing President Obama, Martin Luther King Black hope, Black fear Black disappointment, black tears We black diamonds, so kiss the ring, YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND, IT'S A BLACK THING Black cars, black jeep Imma outkast, they call me black sheep LIGHTS OUT, they call that black sleep Never giving up, never tastin' defeat For so long, we been done wrong, pure emotion, every song Every note, every bar, cements my status, that imma black star We will fall, but we surely will rise Determination, tunnel vision, I can see the prize Lyrics in your soul, song you will sing President Obama, Martin Luther King Black hope, Black fear Black disappointment, black tears We black diamonds, so kiss the ring, YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND, IT'S A BLACK THING I know you thought I'd fall, I know you seen me struggle Cause damn it's hard to carry on when no one loves you Ah, well y'all memory I take with me It'll manifest in the black family George Floyd, Brianna Taylor, SAY THEIR NAME AIN'T NO WAY THAT WE CAN FAIL EM' Uh, BLACK QUEENS hold me down NOW STRAIGHTEN OUT YA BLACK CROWN CAUSE WE WILL NEVER BACK DOWN We will fall, but we surely will rise Determination, tunnel vision, I can see the prize Lyrics in your soul, song you will sing President Obama, Martin Luther King Black hope, Black fear Black disappointment, black tears We black diamonds, so kiss the ring, YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND, IT'S A BLACK THING No justice, no peace, get your knee off my neck I can't breathe No justice, no peace, get your knee off my neck I can't breathe No justice, no peace, get your knee off my neck I can't breathe No justice, no peace, get your knee off my neck I can't breathe They say character is measured by many As how a man responds at his lowest point When his times are toughest, when he have nothing left Will he stay down, will he continue to fight We been down for wayyyyy to long It's time to rise My people we have to show our hearts