Equal - Plies

Y’all hung us and we forgave you

Y’all whooped us 'til we praise you

And how hundreds of years later, we still a slave to you?

I say to you, «Treat us the same way you treated Dylann Roof»

And y’all ain’t 'posed to be scared of us, we 'posed to be scared of you

Dylann killed half of the church, y’all took him to Burger King

Killed George Floyd 'bout twenty dollars, knee on his neck and spleen

You don’t wanna look like one of them, they’ll try to steal your dream

«Protect and serve"is the motto, guess they don’t know what it means

I’m tryna live, live to that day I can see an all black jury

2020 and I still ain’t seen an all-black jury

Just got a text from my mama, said, «Babe, I hope you’re safe»

I texted back and told her, «I hope they don’t kill me by my race»

Equal, we just wanted to be treated equal

You bleed red, I bleed red, we all people

Equal, we just wanted to be treated equal

Cap took a knee and they fired him, all 'bout his people

You got a gun and I don’t, the one who 'posed to be scared

The ones who chasing they dream ain’t the ones who 'posed to be dead

And why the judge and the prosecutors ain’t spoken out yet?

And systematic racism responds by havin' these

If it don’t effect the majority, it ain’t a problem, for real

That’s opioids, a problem, don’t know what an opioid is

Now how the system gon' treat you, it all depend where you live

They only deem it a problem 'pending on how the majority feel

He killed half of the church, they say he mentally disturbed

Some people did a lil' looting, White House called 'em a thug

With his fortune, five-hundred coppers who stealin' from all of us

Corona killin' these inmates, ain’t nobody sayin' a word

He don’t sympathize with a race, he care more 'bout the flag

His black folk who fought and served too, lil' homie, that’s facts

And once you show us who you is, it ain’t no walking it back

You stood in the paint for his pain and I love you for that

In this world, there’s two justices and we all know that

Paul Manafort stole millions and did two years for that

My partner got caught wit' crack cocaine, got twenty-five for that

We’re talkin' to you, blue in the face but ain’t no explainin' that

We ain’t askin' for no favours, just wanna be treated the same

If you only care about you, how you expect it to change?

If you’ve been privileged all your life, it’s hard to feel our pain

And Mr. Officer, I’on want no problems, just don’t kill me, man

No, the system ain’t broke, it’s workin' exactly how they designed it

The system don’t work for everybody and ain’t no way you can deny it

If you don’t think Jake and Tyrone deserve to be treated the same

Then you part of the problem, the system never gon' change

Everybody white ain’t good and everybody black ain’t bad

The education they give you, it all depend on your bag

The Indians were here first and y’all took it from them

I’on even know why stealing illegal 'cause y’all did it to them

Do you even know it feel to have a knee on your neck?

I’m talkin' 'bout the system now, they make it hard to progress

«A black man became president so we ain’t racist»

The eight years that he served, half the world couldn’t take

The darker your skin is, to some, that mean you less qualified

The undercover racist dangerous 'cause he don’t show you no signs

If they can make money off it, they’ll welcome you to the club

And they’ll smile in your face and call you a nigga in the tub

You got value?

That’s the only way they dealin' wit' you

Fall off or go to prison?

Then they finished wit' you

I ain’t just here to entertain you, I’m worth more than that

I can trade stocks just like you, my brother showed me that

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