Keep The Dream Alive

I do this here for Trayvon

Doing this for Mike Brown

Sean Bell

Any brother that's wrongfully shot down

Yes children were threatened

And when pigment little different

Can't call us **** in public

They developed the system

Patrolling, harassing the poor areas

And shoot us if they want

The media portraying us as scarier

One picture of one looter in baggy pants

Gets more coverage than a peaceful protest

"Just look at the monkeys

They're the big problem in the country

Better lock em up

Go get their ass for something"

Seems like if you black and get shot

You're the one that goes on trial

See if you deserve what you got

I can't believe it

It hurts me every time that I see it

Feeling like Bill Murray

Cause it's daily repeated

A real discussion is needed

And artists need to be speaking

Less bout that killing and dealing

More bout uplifting and healing

I gotta

(Dream)

Keep the dream alive

Keep the dream alive

Martin had a

(Dream)

Keep the dream alive

Keep the dream alive

Malcom had a

(Dream)

Keep the dream alive

Keep the dream alive

Huey had a

(Dream)

Keep the dream alive

Keep the dream alive

I wish Jordan Davis could've played as loud in his truck

Instead the brother laid to rest

For simply tryna turn up

The system corrupt

Small time given for killing Oscar Grant

He was shot resisting arrest with his hands behind his back

And Eric Garner told em 11 times that he couldn't breathe

Glad we got the footage of Bruce murdering me

But they keep getting away with it

Time after time

Until we explode and go off like April 29th

92 LA riots

Use the reaction to say that we're the violent ones

Mistreating us and claiming victims when they're done

"**** could've had a gun

You never know

I had to shoot him I was scared

Wanted to safely get him home"

But I can't just blame whitey

We don't get a pass either

Have our own demons

Killing our own people

Economic power's what will bring the change that we're needing

So we need to invest in our community to be equal

I gotta

(Dream)

All I see is brothers dying

(Dream)

Another shooting every day

(Dream)

And all I see is mothers crying

(Dream)

And I haven't seen any change

(Dream)

Keep the dream alive

Keep the dream alive

Martin had a

(Dream)

Keep the dream alive

Keep the dream alive

Malcom had a

(Dream)

Keep the dream alive

Keep the dream alive

Huey had a

(Dream)

Keep the dream alive

Keep the dream alive

"Every time you see me you wanna mess with me

I'm tired of it it stops today"