Black Will See Praise (Wounds)

I’m scared

Scared for my life

One moment I’m sleep in my bed

With nothing to lose

One second later I’m feeling my wounds

And I can’t even move

Who said that life belongs to you

Our scars are invisible

Even though all the pain is so visual

Our safety’s conditional

If all lives matter the way you say they do

Then why don’t the same rules apply to you

When black ain’t the problem when I enter rooms

This energy will stay until

Black will see change

Black will be safe

When we no longer pay

for your mistakes

Black will see praise

Praise

Praise

Black will see praise

Black will see praise

Praise

We’re scared

Scared for our lives

Imagine going to work doing

everything right Just to come

home and not make it through the night

Your blind to our fight

Years of oppression cause you to loose sight

You don’t get the message

We don’t got no rights

Fear turns to anger

So it’s fight or flight

When you ask us why

If all lives matter the way you say they do

Then why don’t the same rules apply to you

When black ain’t the problem when I enter rooms

This energy will stay until

Black will see change

Black will be safe

When we no longer pay

for your mistakes

Black will see praise

Praise

Praise

Black will see praise

Black will see praise

Praise