New song: BLM
From
Arthur T.@21:1/5 to
All on Fri May 7 17:51:47 2021
Warnings: politics, race, recent events
Title: BLM
ttto: December 1963 (What a Night) by Judy Parker & Bob Gaudio
Oh, to be Black
In America, land of the free
Free for everybody else but me
I just wait to be attacked
Oh, to be Black
And stopped by cops who should've never been
Stopped because they do not like my skin
You know they'll give me no slack
And I had an awful feeling
When they came to my door
I knew they wouldn't be trying to build rapport
And though I chilled
Tasing me until I was confound
I was handcuffed; I was on the ground
I surrendered; I was killed
The country had this amazing pang of conscience
You know that never lasts
And the cops act just the same since
And still I'm dead
Do you have an awful feeling
Things will stay as they are?
Do you think they realize now things have gone too far?
Take back the night!
No one should live their whole life in fright
Take these wrongs and somehow make things right
Just as safe as if they're White
You mustn't stop till racist cops and unfair laws
Are just things of the past
Everyone please join in the cause
So start tonight
To make things right
Get freedom back
For all who're black
Please let the dead
Spark change instead
So start tonight
And make things right
My lyrics copyright 2021 by Arthur Tansky. License granted for
non-commercial, non-political archiving and performance as long as:
1. copyright notice is maintained, and
2. no money changes hands.
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