Bells (Ring Loudly) [feat. Malcolm-Jamal Warner & Debo Ray]

Bells

Ooh

Sirens swell

Morphing into church bells, signaling another unjustifiable death

You took my love away from me

I want to know, how did it feel to watch him tremble and bleed?

Tell me, what gives you the right to kill so senselessly?

And when you're alone, do you ever think of him or pray for his peace?

Peace, peace, peace, peace

But when I dream

I see a world

Fearless and hopeful

Where his life matters

Loudly, languishing ladies sing loudly

Church bells ring loudly, bullets blurring loudly

Deferring dreams like it ain't no thing proudly

Another brother slain in vain in the name of justice

Though, really, it feels more like just them

It seems we've only been a friend to the system, that one time our juice contained a little shot of Johnny

Beyond the stars and stripes and prison bars and stereotypes

Blue lives splatter red on canvases of brown skin as if Black Lives Mattering is a game to them and not a basic right within, all men are created equal

"Say her name" hashtags validate what shiny badges boldly violate

Sirens swell, morphing into church bells, signaling another unjustifiable death and yet another mother left childless

You took my love away from me

I want to know, how did it feel to watch her tremble and bleed?

Ooh, tell me, what gave you the right to kill so senselessly?

When you're alone, do you ever think of us or pray for our peace?

But when I sleep

I dream a world

Fearless and hopeful

Where my life matters

Now, when I dream

Dreams defer with each bullet blur

I see him

And all we see are memories of what he used to be

Smiling and laughing

If laughter be the medicine for an aching heart, then may each trickling tear tickle

Feels like he's with me

And each tremble sooths the sorrow in my soul when I hear those sirens swell

And then

Morph into

Bells, bells, bells

Bells

Loudly, languishing ladies sing loudly

Church bells ring loudly, bullets blurring

Deferring dreams like it ain't no thing proudly

Bells, bells, bells

Bells, sirens swell, morphing into church bells

Signaling another unjustifiable death