Black & Ready

Black lives matter Black lives matter Black lives matter Black lives matter Black lives matter Black lives matter Yeah 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 talkin', now we're past reason There's only more glass behind all these glass ceilings, uh Do you know how hard it is for us to trust When you get strip-searched just for runnin' for the bus? And you're only 13, you don't tell nobody else No, you just blame yourself Then you see 'em tearin' down your history in the media That you don't learn in school, you gotta learn on Wikipedia They tell you you're a menace 'til you think that you ain't good enough All because you got your hoodie up, man 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 killin' us with violence, why should we be killin' 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 killin' people in the States There's people gettin' 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 26 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, mmm 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