Hope
09XXI
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The past is still our present Gift that keeps on giving but we never asked for this blessing That's truly a curse, what's worse, yesterday slaves Or the present obsession with whips and chains At alter praying for real alteration Not presented differently, forgive me for imagery Altercation seeing it vividly Through history we been beaten viciously Affidavit far from no pressure oppressors ability To maliciously point out deficiencies Cracks the whip for their own insecurities That's the payment I'm anxious Now we listen and move with the next kid Latest dance craze contagious, the label head sits back and sips Champagne from afar so we can't feel the pain coming from they lip When they see us as a star only good for making them rich Controlled like puppets on a string Made to believe if we don't dance ball or sing That we worthless, what hurts is We just a source of entertainment fore the pavement Or prison cages, new form of enslavement Racism never died even while being filmed they can't contain the hatred You already know, you already know We just tryna cope, we just tryna cope They tell us stay woke, they tell us stay woke We need hope, hope, hope You already know, you already know We just tryna cope, we just tryna cope They tell us stay woke, they tell us stay woke We need hope, hope, hope We need to discuss this injustice disgusted The news that I view in abundance corruption Undeniable, to many examples of destruction Liable to give you a sample of this anger that's erupting Another day another trending topic emphasized Another black man dead at the hand of police, watched it scene memorized The pain can't stop it, saw it with my own eyes form of genocide Where are the rights that we try to exercise 2 Cops, 1 man, 5 shots in the span Of 7 seconds, weapon for protection turned weapon of oppression Bullet for every member of his family at point blank range Things been rearranged and exchanged But nothing has really changed We still trapped in systemic hate And it's deep rooted Don't tell me that we are all the same When I see this persecution It is one sided through perception misguided you can't deny it They hate when we riot stereotype us as violent so we stay in silence You already know, you already know We just tryna cope, we just tryna cope They tell us stay woke, they tell us stay woke We need hope, hope, hope You already know, you already know We just tryna cope, we just tryna cope They tell us stay woke, they tell us stay woke We need hope, hope, hope
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Written by: HART, HINSON, Jimbeau Hinson, John Hart, DARREN HART
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