Black & Ready

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

I know that black is beautiful, but can they see it?

I know that black is powerful, but can they feel it?

Done talking, now we're past reason

There's only more glass behind all these glass ceilings

Do you know how hard it is for us to trust

When you get strip-searched just for running for the bus?

And you're only thirteen, you don't tell nobody else

No, you just blame yourself

Then you see 'em tearing down your history in the media

That you don't learn at school, you gotta learn on Wikipedia

They tell you you're a menace till you think that you ain't good enough

All because you got your hoodie up

There'll be some trouble you get in just for the colour of your skin

But don't forget to look after your brothers 'cause they're kings

Don't forget to look after your sisters 'cause they're queens

Do not let them kill our dreams, man

If you're killing us with violence, why should we be killing you with kindness?

I've done some bad things but I don't glorify 'em

You might have bought my ancestors but you ain't bought my silence

I'm Malcolm for the outcome, I can't let nobody doubt it

That's why we can't just say we're Black and proud, we gotta shout it

They don't wanna let us through to the top

I'd go back to where I came from if I knew where that was

They're killing people in the States

There's people getting killed on our estate

Feds say that they gotta put in our place

But look at Grenfell, they can't even put 'em in a place, man

Fuck a petition when you're a man on a mission

This ain't '12 Years a Slave', it's twenty-six years a victim

I'll give you respect when you give us the time of day

Just an angry Black man tryna find a way

Everywhere I go

I'm looking for myself

And every day I pray

You keep all my family well

And everywhere I go

I'm looking for myself

And every day I pray

You keep all my family well

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter

Black lives matter