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Hijabs, hoodies, afros, locks |
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Teddy bear, liquor bottle shrines, rocks |
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Tanks, prayer rugs, church pews, |
| [00:09.570] |
Mexican corn stands |
| [00:11.190] |
Blood, sweat, and tears, police batons |
| [00:13.190] |
Gas masks and bullets create graffiti on corners |
| [00:16.260] |
Murals that salute freedom |
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or death for liberty |
| [00:19.130] |
Be it Inglewood or Egypt, |
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Bedstuy or Baghdad |
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Syria or Liberia, the west bank |
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or the west side of Chicago |
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Where food and liquor stores |
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still occupy the block |
| [00:28.300] |
While police and community watchmen justify why they shot |
| [00:31.220] |
Emmit Till and Malice Green, |
| [00:32.600] |
Rekia Boyd and Trayvon Martin |
| [00:34.410] |
Better not wear that hoodie |
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while shopping for a carton |
| [00:37.240] |
Or whatever they sellin in your food desert |
| [00:39.080] |
Cause your soul is dessert |
| [00:40.210] |
and will be dissected and consumed |
| [00:42.340] |
On the Fox evening news while we sing the blues |
| [00:44.990] |
The new Jim Crow caged bird sings |
| [00:47.370] |
Cause he's tired of occupying his misery |
| [00:49.430] |
and of our marching |
| [00:50.810] |
He wanna fly to a higher consciousness |
| [00:52.370] |
But his school on academic probation |
| [00:54.430] |
They gave him medicine, |
| [00:55.430] |
diagnosed him with a felony and mental retardation |
| [00:58.060] |
So he refuses to cease the firin, nobody's hirin |
| [01:01.110] |
In Illinois, 67 is the new age when you retirin |
| [01:04.490] |
Class lines have blurred, |
| [01:06.060] |
those who used to have, have not |
| [01:07.870] |
Pensions bein snatched |
| [01:09.120] |
Those who never have keep their hands stretched |
| [01:11.930] |
Social services being cut |
| [01:13.740] |
Sterilization clinics giving out pills to numb the womb |
| [01:16.740] |
Young girls referring to their vaginas as tombs |
| [01:19.240] |
Thinkin protests are temporary and trendy |
| [01:21.790] |
Well rock a t-shirt and carry a poster |
| [01:23.410] |
And two weeks later it's back to normal |
| [01:25.600] |
But they say times are changin' |
| [01:27.600] |
The revolution is becoming second nature, |
| [01:29.730] |
causes are combining |
| [01:31.100] |
People carrying torches, |
| [01:32.480] |
hope burning from their hands |
| [01:33.980] |
Attaching explosive devices |
| [01:35.540] |
cause they keep stealing their lands |
| [01:37.350] |
In the name of freedom |
| [01:38.790] |
Hijabs, hoodies, afros, locks |
| [01:42.160] |
Teddy bear, liquor bottle shrines, rocks |
| [01:44.240] |
Tanks, prayer rugs, church pews, |
| [01:46.780] |
Mexican corn stands |
| [01:48.270] |
Blood, sweat, and tears, police batons |
| [01:50.080] |
Gas masks and bullets create graffiti on corners |
