The Trees
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This is the streets talking for themselves Save my brothers, take them out the trees How long do you gotta breathe? I mean, how long you gotta sleep? Until the freedom is finally free And the U.S. of A is what it claim to be? They planting lies in these streets Gotta analyze what you see Gotta strategize what we need I’ll be exercising my speech and bending my knees 'Til no man is left to bleed I'm over the bullshit and politics This is human life, this is common sense And say "f*ck off" to these apologists Who be swapping sides when the problems switch (Stop treating us like animals and thugs And start treating us with some respect) Nah, this ain't no more saying "please" This ain't no more love and peace I'm boutta keep a fucking piece on me Long as police be the street army We gotta defund, give it to teachers Sending the millions out to the children Let them all build up, legalizing the reefer Keep them out of that D Block We need a reform, teaching them taxes Start a career path younger than average We need affirmative action (Yes! Yes!) We need every last one accounted for Take the black tape off the badges 'Cause they big enough to make the whip crack But ain’t man enough to take the lashes Fucking bastards You're taking my breath away You're taking my breath away You're taking my breath away (Save my brothers, take them out the trees How long do you gotta breathe? I mean, how long you gotta sleep? Until the freedom is finally free And the U.S. of A is what it claim to be?) You're taking my breath away (Eight minutes, and forty-six seconds!) And they didn’t hide from me in history They taught me the names, they taught me the places Man, they taught me everything And that wasn’t missed on me They taught me civil rights And sit-downs and riots and fire hydrants And K9s chasing and segregation And Brown vs. Board of Education And I thought we was in a better place by then One desk to the next, all changes skin That never stopped me from making friends Black, white, brown, Spanish and Asian, and All religion, all orientation, man Everybody got a spot at the table, man I thought we were the face of the nation, man '08 was when When we watched Obama get sworn into office I could’ve sworn we was making some progress But now I’m embarrassed and I’ve been demoralized As I realize where the morals lie, but I Won’t let it be normalized The privileged getting all crippled with pride Sick in the head, and they living a lie While innocent melanin children die So the girls and the guys, put a fist up high If you tryna make it out the protest alive Meek will inherit the land, one time Meek gon' inherit the land, two time Power to the people, let them hear it, all right Power to the people, let them feel it, on sight More power, more color, more life More power, more color, more life You're taking my breath away You're taking my breath away (Meek will inherit the land, one time Meek gon' inherit the land, two time) You're taking my breath away (Meek will inherit the- Meek will inherit the- Meek will inherit the land, one time) You're taking my breath away (Meek will in- meek will in- meek will in- meek will in- Meek will inherit the land, two time) Meek will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- Meek will inherit the land, one time Meek will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- Meek will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- Meek will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- Will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- Will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- Will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- Will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- Will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- Will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- will in- Meek will inherit the land, two time
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