Baje One “Because Black Lives Matter”

10 October 2016

Live from Brooklyn / For all my white people outraged by the fact that Kaepernick is kneeling / more than you are outraged by the extrajudicial killings of unarmed black civilians / for real, my white people caught up in their white feelings / this one’s for you, for you…

I GOT YOU STUCK LIKE A THOUGHT ON A STICKY NOTE / NEVER REALLY WANTED PRETTY CARS IN THE VIDEOS / JUST A STACK OF COMPOSITION BOOKS FULL OF RAPS THAT I REALLY WROTE / REALLY WHITE, REALLY WOKE / LOOK: THERE’S A WAR GOIN ON INSIDE, NOBODY’S SAFE FROM / YOU COULD RUN BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE FOREVER / FROM THESE PRIVILEGES WE ALREADY TOOK / SON LOOK, AINT NO SUCH THING AS SITTIN ON THE FENCE WHEN THERE’S BODIES ON THE STREETS / AND THE COPPERS ON THE BEAT THAT ARE COCKIN BACK THE HEAT LOOK A LOT LIKE ME AND YOU / WE SPLITTIN INTO FACTIONS / YOU STUCK LIKE A CHRISTIAN’S FAITH WITHOUT ACTIONS / STUCK LIKE WHITE GUILT, FROM WHITE MODERATES / STUCK LIKE A MANDATORY MINIMUM FOR PUSHIN WHITE PRODUCTS / HMM… / YOU STUCK LIKE A ROACH IN THE LIGHTS, WATCH EM SCATTER / FUCK AROUND I’LL LEAVE YOU STUCK UP IN THE CLOUD WITH THE FACEBOOK CHATTER / WITH ALL THE OTHER DUMMIES YELLIN “ALL LIVES MATTER” / YOU MAD LIKE HATTER / BAPTIZE YOU IN THE DATA / FILL THE CLIP WITH FACTS LIKE ‘RATTA TAT TATTA’ / IF WE LIVED IN A WORLD WHERE ALL LIVES WERE TREATED EQUAL / WE WOULDN’T BE SITTIN IN THE FRONT ROW FOR “SELMA, THE SEQUEL” / WHERE THE BABIES LEARN THE ART OF WAR / CHARLOTTE TO FERGUSON, OAKLAND TO BALTIMORE / FROM COAST TO COAST, THIS WHOLE BOAT IS BROKE / AND THIS ELECTION IS THE ULTIMATE OKEYDOKE / FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC, MEXICO TO CANADA / THEY COMIN FOR YOUR SOUL IT’S TIME TO UP YOUR MENTAL STAMINA…

Cause we can do better / say it with me “BLACK LIVES MATTER” / that’s the name of this shit, “BLACK LIVES MATTER” / nobody asked you to make a fuckin remix to this shit / nobody asked you to remix the name of this shit / and for real: white rappers, white rappers who aren’t on board with this shit right now / you need to turn your rap ID card in right now / we comin for you / what happened to peace? / what happened to peace? / Governments earn peace, society earns peace / pay for that with justice / we pay for that with justice / so what happened to peace? / we’ll get to that once we get some justice in the streets.

One Response to “Baje One “Because Black Lives Matter””

  1. Timbo Slice says:

    Fucking wow!

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