City on Fire by Jeff Smith Lyrics
(FEMALE PROTESTER)
I said indict
Convict, send that killer cop to jail
The whole damn system is guilty as hell
I said indict!
People are like 'How are you going
To get the hearts of people around the country?'
I'm gonna be honest
There are going to be certain hearts that I'm not
Going to be able to reach
Because I'm seen as this angry black person
Or I'm seen as this rioter or this looter
It's a justified expression of anger and frustration
Of losing black life at a consistent basis
(MALE PROTESTER)
I said I'm tired of being peaceful
I'm tired of being calm, y'know
They been going to war on us for over 400 years
So, aye, I ain't peaceful, I ain't a protester
I'm violent
(JEFF SMITH: First Verse)
They never gave a fuck about us, why the hell we're so shocked
Blacks are getting furious, tomorrow they'll be more shot
Unarmed civilian, another senseless killing
They say you can't beat your kid, but they can kill our children
Everyday I feel hopeless, we need a resolution
They take away our freedoms rewriting the constitution
No indictments got us angry, now we burning and we looting
Just another excuse to justify our execution
We quick to shoot our own, but yet we scared of revolution
United we'd stand firm and we can start finding solutions
They're tryna divide the races so we can't see the big picture
Divided under one God and plenty conflicting scriptures
My nigga, it's time to ride cause marching ain't the answer
The police shell cases are spreading like cancer
From headlines to R.I.P. t-shirts, I'll speak first
Marching ain't gonna do shit but make my damn feet hurt
We can't change the system, it must be destroyed
So soldiers strap up, and bring the noise
These pigs got us trending in hashtags from stains on the street
They practice Martial Law on us driving tanks in the streets
Making us plank in these streets, and leave us there for hours
Cases thrown outta court, a racist judge holds the power
In these times we must be brave
And it was once legal to own slaves, so legal ain't the wave
If we don't see these fucked up rulings overturned
I promise we gon set it off in the city and let it burn
(Hook)
Promise you outta every one of my quotes
This be the realest shit I ever wrote
Exterminated by chokeholds and gunsmoke
My life is worthless to the system and five O
So we gonna let this bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire
Bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire
Bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire
(SHERIFF CLARKE: Skit)
What they'd be really against is not the police
And the police use of force but
Their biggest threat are criminal gangs and it's
Other black men ...
(JEFF SMITH: Second Verse)
They justify killing our brothers with us killing each other
And all we do is protest, march, sing, whatever
Everyday I turn on the news, I see a homicide
But when drama arise, another mama cries
Truth is young blacks are over traumatized
And the people we pay for protection don't honor our lives
Steady beating convictions
While niggas not at all involved in criminal activities advocating 'No Snitching'
They laughing at ya black ass, our camera phone is useless
We call the system abusive, they tell us we make excuses
And to me, that's quite foolish, because the proof is documented
They shoot us down remaining free, we kill dogs, we get sentenced
Our lives ain't valued, we're treated as expendable
A darker shade doesn't make us mothafucking criminals
Profiled because my complexion, I'm guessing
This is why these officers sre overseeing our section
Western civilization sees being black as a weapon
So with that in mind, I think we all need protection
Injustices got us standing with a torch now
Screaming fuck the police while burning all the courts down
Enough of burning stores, we're coming for what's yours
We tired of your system, we're tired of being ignored
The only way to get em is overthrowing their system
Or we'll continue getting shot down being their victims
If we don't see the ways of the system overturned
We raising hell in the city, let the mothafucka burn
(Hook)
Promise you outta every one of my quotes
This be the realest shit I ever wrote
Exterminated by chokeholds and gunsmoke
My life is worthless to the system and five O
So we gonna let this bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire
Bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire
Bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire
I said indict
Convict, send that killer cop to jail
The whole damn system is guilty as hell
I said indict!
People are like 'How are you going
To get the hearts of people around the country?'
I'm gonna be honest
There are going to be certain hearts that I'm not
Going to be able to reach
Because I'm seen as this angry black person
Or I'm seen as this rioter or this looter
It's a justified expression of anger and frustration
Of losing black life at a consistent basis
(MALE PROTESTER)
I said I'm tired of being peaceful
I'm tired of being calm, y'know
They been going to war on us for over 400 years
So, aye, I ain't peaceful, I ain't a protester
I'm violent
(JEFF SMITH: First Verse)
They never gave a fuck about us, why the hell we're so shocked
Blacks are getting furious, tomorrow they'll be more shot
Unarmed civilian, another senseless killing
They say you can't beat your kid, but they can kill our children
Everyday I feel hopeless, we need a resolution
They take away our freedoms rewriting the constitution
No indictments got us angry, now we burning and we looting
Just another excuse to justify our execution
We quick to shoot our own, but yet we scared of revolution
United we'd stand firm and we can start finding solutions
They're tryna divide the races so we can't see the big picture
Divided under one God and plenty conflicting scriptures
My nigga, it's time to ride cause marching ain't the answer
The police shell cases are spreading like cancer
From headlines to R.I.P. t-shirts, I'll speak first
Marching ain't gonna do shit but make my damn feet hurt
We can't change the system, it must be destroyed
So soldiers strap up, and bring the noise
These pigs got us trending in hashtags from stains on the street
They practice Martial Law on us driving tanks in the streets
Making us plank in these streets, and leave us there for hours
Cases thrown outta court, a racist judge holds the power
In these times we must be brave
And it was once legal to own slaves, so legal ain't the wave
If we don't see these fucked up rulings overturned
I promise we gon set it off in the city and let it burn
(Hook)
Promise you outta every one of my quotes
This be the realest shit I ever wrote
Exterminated by chokeholds and gunsmoke
My life is worthless to the system and five O
So we gonna let this bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire
Bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire
Bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire
(SHERIFF CLARKE: Skit)
What they'd be really against is not the police
And the police use of force but
Their biggest threat are criminal gangs and it's
Other black men ...
(JEFF SMITH: Second Verse)
They justify killing our brothers with us killing each other
And all we do is protest, march, sing, whatever
Everyday I turn on the news, I see a homicide
But when drama arise, another mama cries
Truth is young blacks are over traumatized
And the people we pay for protection don't honor our lives
Steady beating convictions
While niggas not at all involved in criminal activities advocating 'No Snitching'
They laughing at ya black ass, our camera phone is useless
We call the system abusive, they tell us we make excuses
And to me, that's quite foolish, because the proof is documented
They shoot us down remaining free, we kill dogs, we get sentenced
Our lives ain't valued, we're treated as expendable
A darker shade doesn't make us mothafucking criminals
Profiled because my complexion, I'm guessing
This is why these officers sre overseeing our section
Western civilization sees being black as a weapon
So with that in mind, I think we all need protection
Injustices got us standing with a torch now
Screaming fuck the police while burning all the courts down
Enough of burning stores, we're coming for what's yours
We tired of your system, we're tired of being ignored
The only way to get em is overthrowing their system
Or we'll continue getting shot down being their victims
If we don't see the ways of the system overturned
We raising hell in the city, let the mothafucka burn
(Hook)
Promise you outta every one of my quotes
This be the realest shit I ever wrote
Exterminated by chokeholds and gunsmoke
My life is worthless to the system and five O
So we gonna let this bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire
Bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire
Bitch burn
Set the whole city on fire