Lyrics

[Intro: police radio chatter] [Verse 1] I got approached by a man who didn't care I was Black Didn't care where I'm from, didn't care how I act Didn't care that I cared about my family and friends Didn't care that I prayed that God forgive all my sins Didn't care that my life was much harder than his Didn't care I had plans for a couple of kids He didn't care that I'm tryna walk the right path Didn't care until the trigger made the light flash Didn't care to hide the fear I couldn't quite mask Didn't care that death was coming, couldn't fight back I could tell you didn't care when you backed up Didn't call for ambulance, you called for backup But you scared and I ain't even have a gun on me 'Fore you checked my pulse, you checked if I had drugs on me Real shit, I don't even feel shit I wish somebody helped but 'stead they sat back and filmed it [Interlude: police radio chatter] [Verse 2] Sometimes I look at my skin like it's a gift and a curse Courtesy of Curtis Mayfield, the people darker than blue Before I'm a human, a man, I'm barely even a you Barely believe the things and the scenes we see in the news They shoot you 'stead of putting your head inside of the noose They play it on repeat so your eyes get desensitized to the crime they commit Looking for Prince, a sign of the times In the back of my mind, asking you blind, deaf, or you dumb You don't know the difference between wallets, skittles, and guns You can kill us on the camera and they won't believe us Why you calling them the officers, they overseers What's the price of your life if they getting cash back All they do is turn your name into a hashtag Fuck yo thinkpiece, yo march, and yo feelings nigga They kill yo brothers and yo sisters and yo children nigga My cousin wanted me to teach him to drive I told him nah because I'm tryna keep him alive When you Black, they don't cry until the day that you die When you Black, you don't live, you just learn to survive I started questioning my religion, knowing God forgive him Know we all knowing there's no seeing the killers I look in a Black child inside they eyes and tell 'em fear none The most important Black man is a dead one But fear none! The most important Black man is a dead one The most important Black man is… Shit… [Outro] Leave my brothers alone (Hold yo head) Leave my sisters alone Leave my brothers alone (Leave my brothers alone) Please leave my sisters alone (Leave my brothers alone) (Leave my sisters alone) (Leave my brothers alone) (Leave my sisters alone) (Leave my brothers alone)