Public Enemy - Beyond Trayvon Lyrics
(Professor Griff verse)FROM THE PAGES OF THE CRESS THEORY, I KNOW YOU HEAR MEIF YOU OUT THERE , LISTEN UP, U MIGHT FEEL MEDO I , LOOK SUSPICIOUS ON THIS TRACK , WIT THE BLACK IN ITBLACK HOODIE, CONSCIOUSNESS AND BLACK FACTSYOUNG KID SHOT, IS THE CRY WE HEARDLIKE EMMITT TIL, IT WAS TEARS AND OUR HEARTS FELLNO ARREST WARRANT AND NO WEAPON FOUNDONE EYE WITNESS, BLACK BODY DOWNI CAN HEAR IT NOW, IT'S THE SAME OLE RACIST SHITTHOUGHT HE HAD A GUN, IS THE SAME OLE SOME BULLSHITCONFESSIONS , OF A TRIGGER HAPPY HIT MANMURDEROUS HOMICIDAL NATURE, THERE RACIST PLANBURYING OUR BLACK BOYS, BLOOD THIRSTY HUNGAR GAMESTHE FACE OF RACE IS WHITE , THEY GOT NO SHAMESTAND YOUR GROUND, LEGALIZE LYNCH LAWTOUCH ANOTHER BLACK KID YOU HAVE TO TOUCH US ALL(Rahmega verse)ITS TIME TO STAND UP AND JUST FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE INI DONT CALL IT VIOLENCE I JUST CALL IT SELF DEFENSE, CALL IT BLACK INTELLIGENCE BRAW TO YOU BY THE PEOPLEYOU JUST IN IT TO GET IT , I AM IN IT TO MAKE A CHANGE, IN IT TO CHANGE THE GAME, IN IT TO REARRANGE, MODERN DAY LYNCHINGALL THAT LEAVE US IS PAIN, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, ALL I GIVE YOU IS WITH BRAINS, YOU SEE ITS MONEY POWER RESPECT, ALL SEEMS THE SAME.(khalilwho verse)GET FEAR LOOKSBUT I LIVE ROUND HEREMY HOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO YOURSBUT I STILL GET STARESIN AWORLD OF WRONGNESSAND FIGHTS FOR THE STRONGESTWHAT'S THE INNOCENT TO DOWHEN THE FIGHT GETS BROUGHT KIDNO WAY YOUR THAT SCARED OF MY HOODIEPEOPLE EVERYWHERE GETTING SNARED OVER HOODIESSEEN A COUPLE PAIRS GET AIRED BY THE HOODIESBUTTHEY DONT CAREMY SKIN'S BARED UNDER HOODIES(Jamal Malik aka Young Junior verse),THIS WORLD IS SO CHAOTIC/ ALL I WITNESS IS VIOLENCEWATCHING MY BROTHERS DIE AND THEIR SONS GROW WITH NO GUIDANCETRUTH'S WHAT I'M PROVIDING/ TO ALL THOSE WHO'VE BEEN BLINDEDBEING SOLD THIS EQUALITY BULLSHIT I AIN'T BUYINGI'M SO SICK AND TIRED OF BEING PROFILED AND INSTANTLYWATCHED CLOSE SUSPICIOUSLY BECAUSE OF MY ETHNICITYSO STEREOTYPICAL ITS DESPICABLEAND EVERY BLACK MALE IN A HOODIE ISN'T A CRIMINAL(goonie b verse)THIS IS EVERYDAY LIFE WHERE IM FROM IT GOES ON BUT I SWEAR IT CAN NOT GO BEYOND TREVON BECAUSE IM WEARING A HOODIE I GOTTA GET SHOT OR STOPED BY THE COPS ITS NOT JUST IN FLORDIA ITS OUT IN FARROCK PEOPLE REALLY EXPECT US TO ACT CIVIL RIGHT WE GOT A BLACK PRESIDENT AND STILL FIGHTING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS WE NEED TO COME TOGEATHER AND UNITE BECAUSE ITS TIME TO FIGHT THE POWER SO PUT YOUR FISTS UP IN THE SKY(chuck d verse)FREED THE ASSMIND FOLLOWEDWITH RAPS THAT KILLED TOMORROWCANT SUPPORT ITFOUGHT ITBUT SOMEBODY BOUGHT ITCOMMUNITY CAUGHT ITBUT THE GOVERNMENT TAUGHT ITAND ALL YOU HEARDVIOLENCE HARD DRUGS SEX AND MURDERSONGS NEVER HATED ARTISTS WHOKEEP MAKING EMSTRONG AGINST THE WRONGWHATS BEEN CREATEDBUT LOOKMANY NEIGHBORHOODS STILL DEVESTATEDI SAY ITFLOWS OVERRATEDSHOWS UNDERRATEDI HATE ITWHEN ITS DEGRATED AND DOWNGRADEDSPITTIN COPYWRITTENTO MUSICSOME OF YALL GREW UP TO USE ITPEOPLE DONT DANCE TO IT AND JUST ABUSE ITYALL SAY THATWHEN I SAY THISINJUSTICE STILL GOES ONBEYOND TRAYVONTHANK YOU NME SUNFOR THIS WORD TO THE YOUNGYOU THE FUTURESAVE OUR DAUGHTERS AND SONS
