Black Lives Matter

Lyrics

[Hook] Now we say black lives matter, but shit The fact of matter is We just black matter to them This shit keep happening Let me hear ya, oh my, oh my Let me hear ya, oh my, oh my [Verse 1] This one right here for Mulrinji This one right here for Bowraville Bullymen be my enemy These killers be running around still Serving and protecting white men like a dog with no leash I'm drunk off what you sold me Yeah it's mother fuck the police [HOOK] Now we say black lives matter, but shit The fact of matter is We just black matter to them This shit keep happening Let me hear ya, oh my, oh my Let me hear ya, oh my, oh my [Verse 2] This one right here for Elijah Kalgoorlie raise ya lighters And watch that motherfucker burn Down with the murderous liars He killed a fourteen year old and it's still no hear no see no I fear that there will be no justice ever for my people So what you finna do huh? They running the ship with one in the clip When the government's all in it the royal commission ain't shit And man I'm scared of getting popped By a motherfucking cop bra This one for Yok, this one for Hickey, next it could be us - ah! [HOOK] Now we say black lives matter but shit The fact of matter is We just black matter to them This shit keep happening Let me hear ya, oh my, oh my Let me hear ya, oh my, oh my [ABC News Sample] (Rebecca Barrett, JOURNALIST) "A decade of mourning for a live tragically lost" (Gail Hickey, TJ'S MOTHER) "It doesn't make it easier, It's still the same still suffering, still no justice" (Rebecca Barrett, JOURNALIST) "17 year old TJ Hickey was impaled on a fence at Waterloo after coming off his bike in 2004. His death sparked a riot leaving more than 40 officers injured. A corriner found TJ's death was a freak accident and there was no evidence of a police pursuit The Hickey family and supporters maintain he was chased to his death." (Virginia Hickey, TJ'S AUNT) "Enough is enough, you's murdered TJ! We didn't" (Rebecca Barrett, JOURNALIST) "It's been a long campaign, no one is giving up." [Bridge] This war's been going too long My tired hands can't hold on Please someone take me home Please someone [HOOK/OUTRO] Now we say black lives matter but shit The fact of matter is We just black matter to them This shit keep happening Let me hear ya, oh my, oh my Let me hear ya, oh my, oh my Now we say black lives matter but shit The fact of matter is We just black matter to them This shit keep happening Let me hear ya, oh my, oh my Let me hear ya, oh my, oh my