“Black Man’s Justice” Now on YouTube!
Provided to YouTube by CDBaby Black Man’s Justice (feat. Derrick Procell) · Annika Chambers · Derrick Procell Black Man’s Justice (feat. Derrick Procell) ℗ 2020 Catfood Records Released on: 2020-09-09
SPOKEN INTRO
‘I HAVE A DREAM…THAT ONE DAY THIS NATION WILL LIVE UP TO THE MEANING OF ITS CREED:
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. I HAVE A DREAM”
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
WE HAVE JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES
BUT IF YOU’RE BLACK YOU HAVE TO WAIT
THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS UP FOR SALE
THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN CAN CAUSE A MAN TO FAIL
YOU ARE THE PRISONERS OF THOSE YOU KEEP
YOU LOCK THEM UP SO YOU CAN SLEEP
STAYING SAFE BY FILLING THE JAILS
WHAT IS THE COST? …ONLY TIME WILL TELL
YOU KEEP FOLKS IN PRISON BEHIND LOCKED DOORS
UNTIL THERE ISN’T ROOM FOR ANY MORE
CHORUS
RAIN IS FALLING….FALLING DOWN
KEEPS ON FALLING…ALL AROUND
IT FALLS ON THE BLACK MAN SAME AS THE WHITE
UNTIL BLACK LIVE’S MATTER, NOTHING IS RIGHT
BLACK MAN’S JUSTICE…TELL ME WHY
THERE IS NO JUSTICE…TELL ME WHY
THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN DECIDES HIS FATE
HE CAN’T AFFORD JUSTICE SO HE HAS TO WAIT
LOCK HIM AWAY IN THE COLLEGE OF CRIME
FORGET ABOUT HIM WHILE HE DOES HIS TIME
DO YOU HEAR THE CRIES OF “I CAN’T BREATHE?’
DO YOU SEE THE THOUSANDS IN THE STREET?
TIMES ARE CHANGING, NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER THERE WILL BE NO PEACE!
OUTRO
GEORGE FLOYD….BREONNA TAYLOR
TRAYVON MARTIN…ERIC GARNER
MICHAEL BROWN….RAYSHARD BROOKS
TAMIR RICE….TIMOTHY STANSBURY
TANISHA ANDERSON…SEAN BELL
DONTRE HAMILTON….JOHN CRAWFORD…..AKAI GURLEY