What do we say to our children when

They ask us how to fight injustice

After we mourn those who were taken

How do we heal from all the anguish

Now we may feel as if nothing we do

To really change the world

That it is what it is

But if we can make even the slightest difference

Well maybe we can leave a better place in which to live

Well, if we don't address what's happening, we can't progress

No

There's been too much bloodshed. Too much violence. We must protest

Yeah

Show me no favor

And I will show you no discrimination

I might never live in the world I hope for

But I hope to die in a different one

Well, if we don't address what's happening, we can't progress

No

There's been too much bloodshed. Too much violence. We must protest

Yeah

Change ain't coming if we don't keep

The pressure on and continue flooding these streets

The flames ain't done until they done reached

The summit of the system made to keep minorities weak

The system that protects the knees of police

But not the necks trying to breath underneath

And if we're just going by complexion, you can bet

The darker that you are the more a target you will be

But that can be rearranged in

The timespan of a single generation

And museums in the future will explain how we overcame

All the pain and finally healed a nation

Well, if we don't address what's happening, we can't progress

No

There's been too much bloodshed. Too much violence. We must protest

Yeah

Well, if we don't address what's happening, we can't progress

No

There's been too much bloodshed. Too much violence. We must protest

Yeah

We must protest

We must

We must protest

We must

We must protest