DON'T SHOOT
Its been a hard day
A lot of emotions going around
I can't stand down
I have to say it out loud
DON'T SHOOT, DON'T SHOOT
I know my hands are down
But I would like to stay alive a little longer
To see this world turn around
I wake up everyday not knowing if I'm going to come home
They're shooting us down like flies
We're losing our own
We're screaming and crying
Our hearts are in pain
The world is brushing it off
While our minds are going insane
We're trying to end this madness
Stop this PLEASE!!
We just want the shootings to seize
DON'T SHOOT, DON'T SHOOT
He's already on the ground
We all witnessed you telling him to get down
But somehow you failed to see
That this man has a family
But now he's on the ground
Dead as can be
You say you felt threatened
By this black man you see
But he was just trying to see
His newborn baby
Now you wish you could take it back
Sitting beside him screaming "HELP ME!!"
But the damage is done.
Another life terminated.
Another cop getting off
And another family on the news
Expressing their feelings about the ones they've lost
So thank you Mr. Policeman
You've shown me your true colors
Look at the impact you've had
On me and others
Expressing our lives have no value to you
Confirming to us that calling you
Isn't the right thing to do
So now we're afraid
Of the very thing that is supposed to protect us
So what do we do when were in trouble?
Who do we call when we need help?
Because the impact that these deaths
Have left on us
Is something that can't be forgiven nor forgotten
So please understand
That we don't want to hate you
We just want you to not hate us
And to provide us with that trust
We had before you started killing us!!