We Kneel

We Kneel

He placed a call to a veteran
To get his opinion on a plan
He kneeled down and took a stand
For every black child, woman, and man
Some people don’t seem to want to understand
This is not about the song
It’s about what’s being done wrong, what’s being doing wrong, what’s being done wrong

Chorus:
We kneel
Because of the brutality
We kneel
Because were dying, were dying
We kneel
Because we need to be heard, we need to be heard
That’s why we kneel, we kneel, we kneel, we kneel

I want you to see the hypocrisy
A knee is always taken
For an injured player on the field
So, why is taking a knee for the brutalized
An action that is so despised
We kneel because there are too many dying
From the corruption and the lying
From the corruption and the lying
The lying, the lying

Chorus:
We kneel
Because of the brutality
We kneel
Because were dying, were dying
We kneel
Because we need to be heard, we need to be heard
That’s why we kneel, we kneel, we kneel, we kneel


I’ve heard people say
That there is no possible way
Why didn’t they listen to the police
What makes you think they didn’t comply in peace
You’d rather give into the insanity
Not wanting to see the inhumanity
Someone needed to take a stand
For all of us across this land


Bridge:

“Tell ‘em bout it D, you know what I mean?”

Verse

It don’t take a rocket scientist
To know about apartheid
Get pulled out of your car ride
Get shot or beat with the dark pipes
They call it the dark side
In this story I call it our side
Who me?
I grew up on hard times
Borrowing my brother’s clothes
Watching him part dimes
In hopes to marginalize
Using the N word was part of our affection
A total misconception
In these streets you always need protection
No love, no affection
So, I clung to Christ
Felt the resurrection
I know some folks who didn’t make it
The streets is like the matrix
The police try to chase us
Take shots, swallow us whole with no chaser
Melatonin got us all sleep
We need to wake up
Some take a stand even when they kneel
That probably went over your head
Like “In God We Trust,” on the dollar bill

Adlib “ Whew.. Darick DDS Spears”









Chorus:
We kneel
Because of the brutality
We kneel
Because were dying, were dying
We kneel
Because we need to be heard, we need to be heard
That’s why we kneel, we kneel, we kneel, we kneel