Call Yourself a Lover

Too many mothers crying People dying on our phones Honestly, I'm scared the ones I love won't make it home When they're walking or driving or in their own homes Law in their face, justice leaves them alone It ain't right, it ain't right When if it was your mother, your brother, your son or your lover Your father, your daughter, your sister, your friend I don't think you'd sit back So if you look like me and you don't wanna speak Don't call yourself a lover Don't call yourself a lover Change needs us, I'm begging you, please stand up And call yourself a lover Call yourself a lover Don't tell somebody bleeding How they're supposed to bleed Quoting Luke 6:31 but ignoring those in need They're shooting EMT's Kids getting candy Garner and Floyd said that they can't breathe When did signing the wrong check Become signing your own death? When if it was your mother, your brother, your son or your lover Your father, your daughter, your sister, your friend I don't think you'd sit back So if you look like me and you don't wanna speak Don't call yourself a lover Don't call yourself a lover Change needs us, I'm begging you, please stand up And call yourself a lover Call yourself a lover Skin tones don't deserve gravestones It's time to make a change in our history 'Cause if one life is not treated equal There's no way that all lives could ever be Yeah, skin tones don't deserve gravestones It's time to make a change in our history 'Cause if one life is not treated equal There's no way that all lives could ever be So if you look like me and you don't wanna speak Don't call yourself a lover Don't call yourself a lover Change needs us, I'm begging you, please stand up And call yourself a lover Call yourself a lover If you look like me and you don't wanna speak Don't call yourself a lover Don't call yourself a lover Change needs us, I'm begging you, please stand up And call yourself a lover Call yourself a lover