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Don't Shoot
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Don't Shoot was released on September 30, 2016 by Mass Appeal as a part of the album Kairi Chanel
September 30, 2016
LabelMass Appeal
LanguageEnglish
BPM85
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I asked my cousin why they pulled him over
He gave me a look as if he didn't know
I had my basketball and my Now and Laters
Ain't get along with my neighbors, I was a rough kid
Hearing sirens through my window
Them blue and red lights kept me up at night
I couldn't get enough of life
I seen this kid get arrested in the park
He was screaming he ain't do it, they ain't even let him talk
[Verse 2]
I ain't understand, I'm like ten, blowing in the wind
Tryna find a park to go play, I don't know the drama
I ask my Mama, "What do police do?"
She told me, "Stay up out they way, go to school and get good grades"
One day I'm walking in my building and they stopped me
Told me I looked just like this kid that did a robbery
And I ain't never stole nothing in my life
Maybe candy out the store or a bag of chips
[Verse 3]
Imagine this, years go by, I got a little older
My best friends in group homes, I got a little colder
I'm tryna make the varsity team, chill with Stacy and
Shop at the mall, only Ralph Lauren that lace me in
I had the Moncler, remember begging moms for it
Walkin' home from school I almost got robbed for it
I took off, I can't go home without my jacket on
Blue and whites harassing me but I don't know what happened to 'em
[Verse 4]
Left and right, I'm seeing homies get interrogated
We ain't safe where we live, this America, ain't it?
High School, they teaching me this the land of the free
But everything got a price, they don't answer to me
They don't answer to us, we getting tattoos
They think we criminals 'cause we believe that cash rules
Attitude a little different when you from the gutter
I seen a cop talk crazy to my mother
[Verse 5]
My father familiar, he told me all about 'em
Told me never go around, avoid 'em, that's if you can
Black intelligent man, their worst nightmare
They'd rather have you in prison forever, they don't fight fair
Starting to think about college, I got some scholarships
I just graduated, two cops pulled me over
Tried to show my diploma, they ain't acknowledge it
Three young black males riding in the jeep
[Verse 6]
'Bout to go to college, they thinkin' we in the street
Their hate got a little bit deeper, I'm getting frustrated
A bunch of slick comments, I'm still a ****
Even if you got millions, they still'll get you
I played ball, I was the man on campus
Little weed up in my dorm, I got ran off campus
Then I got locked up, minor bid, it was short
Staring at my mother crying up in court
[Verse 7]
Came home, I started rapping, had to trap first
Phone ringin' all night, was tryna take a nap first
Gang squad hopping out, narcotics watching
We had the weed and the pills, then we got it rocking
Cameras in the projects helped us move smarter
**** turned butch building into the new Carter
Pooch did a bid and came home the same ****
Bully did a bid and came home the same ****
[Verse 8]
My mom's working all night, I had late dinners
Went broke tryna cop a coat, that made me hate winter
Focused up, got a deal, now this shit is real
Every time I leave the club, they hope I got the steal
We just got some weed, we jus tryna chill
We just tryna eat, we just tryna build
They follow every car I try to ride in
I'm just praying this ain't the car that I die in
[Verse 9]
I guess with this hoodie on I'm a murderer
I'm just tryna buy my mother some new furniture
This attitude is programmed, imagine getting harassed
For your whole life, all day and the whole night
They say prison is the new slave ship
They don't understand, we hustlin' so we can pay rent
Soon as they come around you, it feel like your luck gone
They gotta show you their power, that's why they put the cuffs on
[Verse 10]
Ain't no more weed in the car, sir, the blunt gone
I got my hands up, officer, what's the problem?
Please don't shoot me, sir, I just had a daughter
Look, here go a
Written by: André Atkins, David Brewster

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