lirik lagu ahmir the king - riot
[hook]
shots in the midnight red white and blue lights took another young life
shots in the midnight red white and blue lights should’ve kept his gun tight
[verse 1]
i guess mike was right, they don’t really care about us
they take a life despite of your character
kids and a marriage that’s life in america, k!lled on the regular, pigs see the pigment and it gets scary
life flash before your eyes kids getting traumatized how he die in handcuffs but ain’t commit no crime
the world cried to the video, our hearts died when you let them lil piggys go free
well this lil n-gg- ain’t pleased want change but it to ain’t gone happen through peace
last night i had a dream, all black i was strapped with a beam
i was on my way to k!ll the police (but woke up to the)
[hook]
shots in the midnight red white and blue lights took another young life
shots in the midnight red white and blue lights should’ve kept his gun tight
how come we dont riot like we used to, set the city on fire like we used to
they tell us put our hands up and they still shoot, so no peace in the streets till we equal
how come we dont riot like we used, to set the city on fire like we used to
they tell us put our hands up and they still shoot, lord give me answers what would you do ?
[verse 2]
they put a million black men in coffins for no reason, and one black man in office and think we even
white boy shoot up a church they take it easy, black man sellin’ cds and it’s open season
so i don’t believe in peaceful protestin’ cuz i swear these white folks never seem to get the message
sworn to protect us but live to dissect us, view the autopsy body shots left him breathless
so i been on my malcolm x tip, move militant still calm and collective
do what i gotta do if i feel threatened, us versus them is the perspective
har-ss and arrest us, k!ll and neglect us, and think cuz they got a badge think they can disrespect us (dang)
things ain’t as different as they seem in the middle of his dream martin woke up to the screams from the
[hook]
shots in the midnight red white and blue lights took another young life
shots in the midnight red white and blue lights should’ve kept his gun tight
how come we don’t riot like we used to, set the city on fire like we used to
they tell us put our hands up and they still shoot, so no peace in the streets till we equal
how come we don’t riot like we used, to set the city on fire like we used to
they tell us put our hands up and they still shoot, lord give me answers what would you do ?
[outro]
protect us from evil, they hunting my people, we pledge no allegiance i will not be peaceful
until we are equal lord protect us from evil they hunting my people
protect us from evil they hunting my people we pledge no allegiance i will not be peaceful until we are equal lord protect us from evil they hunting my people
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