Dave Specter & Billy Branch - The Ballad of George Floyd

The Ballad of George Floyd


A country’s haunted streets filled with angry souls
Carrying signs crying out again for injustice’s toll
On that dark night a man spent a bad twenty-dollar bill
Eight minutes of torture; begged for mercy and then he was killed

Under a knee of hatred, George Floyd met his terrible end
Four hundred years of the same hate & bigotry yet again
Blind men in power pouring gasoline on a burning fire
Mindless words spat out in a minute’s time like a clueless child

Can you feel his pain?
He didn’t die in vain
We can’t let this happen again
It’s time to bring about a change

A gentle giant moved from Texas looking for a better start
Loved his daughters, stood up for friends left with broken hearts
Like brothers Garner, Rice, McDonald, Arbery and Brown
Dark depths of racism gotta stop taking all these good men down

Can you feel his pain?
He didn’t die in vain
We can’t let this happen again
It’s time to bring about a change


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