Wake Up
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It's time to see us in a better place Never knew an easy way I'm not a follower I choose to lead my own fate All this conversation about change I feel impatient So immersed in all the sorrow We may settle on tomorrow Wake Up It's time to see us in a better place Never knew an easy way I'm not a follower I choose to lead my own fate All this conversation about change I feel impatient So immersed in all the sorrow We may settle on tomorrow Wake Up Just yesterday I spoke to chatter about Why Black Lives Matter Around the table with executives on health business You here with us so what's the fuss I mean Those days are gone Don't get me wrong Why you keep holding on I nearly choked So surreal I'm Emmett Till Gather my thoughts suppressing feels Calm expression cause the stress kills Self-awareness is my power as I keep it real It's the open wound most will never seek to heal I don't profess I just confess This my personal guild Until my color don't matter You can't express on what I feel Past years we've seen what Black Americans ordeal Names change but the circumstances still the same Whether it's Martin Brown Arbery or Floyd It paints a view on being American to black men and boys Try to speak in positive ways to my son but I'm annoyed Can't let him see me overcome Revert in ways and self destroy Hold up It's time to see us in a better place Never knew an easy way I'm not a follower I choose to lead my own fate All this conversation about change I feel impatient So immersed in all the sorrow We may settle on tomorrow Wake Up It's time to see us in a better place Never knew an easy way I'm not a follower I choose to lead my own fate All this conversation about change I feel impatient So immersed in all the sorrow We may settle on tomorrow Wake Up Despite politics we all believe in basic humanity We can agree on civil shit It's the structures you can't see That's privilege Ability to walk with immunity Never have concern on how your children live and learn Bust my ass over the years blazed a path for me to burn Always knew that money talks in better circles more you earn Kept it quiet on the low accumulated skills to grow Some how some day I told myself my purpose will show No looking back but won't forget I'm not a hypocrite When I was young did shit was dumb I was a ticking time bomb Picked up a hustle from the streets most people run from By sixteen I'm a martyr acquitted murder from an argue A stereotype come to life from what I see That's what I be Can't escape what's all around me Learn to swim before it drown me Couple OGs looked and found me Saw the make of something greater Took some time to walk thru life Cause all the structures made up It's time to see us in a better place Never knew an easy way I'm not a follower I choose to lead my own fate All this conversation about change I feel impatient So immersed in all the sorrow We may settle on tomorrow Wake Up It's time to see us in a better place Never knew an easy way I'm not a follower I choose to lead my own fate All this conversation about change I feel impatient So immersed in all the sorrow We may settle on tomorrow Wake Up Until its peace who gone sleep People die in these streets Everyday if not week Pour my liquor fore I speak So they spirits sip with me Know my team get me If I can't express when it hit me why this gift with me So much is spoken yet unheard I contemplate what it deserves Choice of words too important for expose nerves Black lives matter We can agree on nouns and verbs Matter fact lets start with that Change amendments first Then watch how structures fall It's the mental one's that shackle us all Oppressed oppressors we all searching justice Got concerns on what you loose I got concerns on right to choose I still tie my laces like you tie your shoes I appreciate you listening But its time to move With new rules and better tools to educate them fools I know its hard to play with change when you create the games That's like a winner saying I know it hurts Don't lose again Really It's time to see us in a better place Never knew an easy way I'm not a follower I choose to lead my own fate All this conversation about change I feel impatient So immersed in all the sorrow We may settle on tomorrow Wake Up It's time to see us in a better place Never knew an easy way I'm not a follower I choose to lead my own fate All this conversation about change I feel impatient So immersed in all the sorrow We may settle on tomorrow Wake Up
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Written by: CEDRIC TERRELL
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