RIGHT FIST UP by Virtue O.s.O Lyrics
[Intro: News Transcript]
"Good evening everyone, we're coming on the air with the latest on the wave of protests and unrest taking place at this hour across the country: outrage at the death of George Floyd, an African-American man while in police custody in Minneapolis.."
[Verse 1]
You expect me to stand in silence amidst the protest and violence
And seein' my people cryin', you triflin'
I ain’t have no guidance and little was just provided, but the scars I got are timeless
Ain’t no healing, but we tryin'
Seein' my people dyin', the black brothers especially
I'm doin' this for Floyd as he laid there unconscious breathlessly
A murderer with a badge, but for him it’s a normal tendency
Always say how I'm feelin', but this shit might be the death of me
Screaming "Fuck abortions" but pigs terminating pregnancies
Indianapolis, Seattle, and Texas they act insensibly
And they ain’t face no penalties, huh
But we the problem right?
Yeah, miss me with all that
I’m sick to my stomach as I flip through all these channels
Seein' Fox, NBC, Univision show us as vandals
And brainwash with all these scandals
Don’t know how much I can handle
It’s a must that we dismantle and leavin' all them in shambles, I’m sayin'
[Hook]
I got my right fist up and a loaded gat in my face
You hopin' to end the race
I got my right fist up and a loaded gat in my face
I’m hopin' to end the race
[Verse 2]
How many bodies fall until we see what justice mean?
Or will they cover up the scene like Sandra Bland and we all seen
If we try to intervene, we the problem, what we achieve?
Anything but succeed, maybe death or at least a beating
What if I want skittles and a watermelon tea?
On a cold and windy night got my hoodie, this my regime
And a Zimmerman muhfucka find me sus come in between
Question me, pressing me, blast me up and he walking free
(Fine by my me, bye-bye me)
At times, I just feel so hopeless, it’s a never ending race
I’m tired but I can’t lose focus, and I’ll never leave a trace
I tried, it feel like psychosis
This really the world we face
I cry, but I feel like Moses
What’s next is the pearly gates
I‘ll do anything that it take
Just need all of our people straight
Every city, every state
But homie make no mistake
Ain’t no stoppin' til we see change
Until everyone feel our pain, I’m sayin'
[Outro]
Rest In Peace MLK & Malcolm X
Rest In Power George Floyd
We gon' bring this change for y’all
For Trayvon, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice
Michael Brown, Manuel Diaz, Walter Scott, Breonna Taylor ,Freddie
Gray, Alton Sterling...
"Good evening everyone, we're coming on the air with the latest on the wave of protests and unrest taking place at this hour across the country: outrage at the death of George Floyd, an African-American man while in police custody in Minneapolis.."
[Verse 1]
You expect me to stand in silence amidst the protest and violence
And seein' my people cryin', you triflin'
I ain’t have no guidance and little was just provided, but the scars I got are timeless
Ain’t no healing, but we tryin'
Seein' my people dyin', the black brothers especially
I'm doin' this for Floyd as he laid there unconscious breathlessly
A murderer with a badge, but for him it’s a normal tendency
Always say how I'm feelin', but this shit might be the death of me
Screaming "Fuck abortions" but pigs terminating pregnancies
Indianapolis, Seattle, and Texas they act insensibly
And they ain’t face no penalties, huh
But we the problem right?
Yeah, miss me with all that
I’m sick to my stomach as I flip through all these channels
Seein' Fox, NBC, Univision show us as vandals
And brainwash with all these scandals
Don’t know how much I can handle
It’s a must that we dismantle and leavin' all them in shambles, I’m sayin'
[Hook]
I got my right fist up and a loaded gat in my face
You hopin' to end the race
I got my right fist up and a loaded gat in my face
I’m hopin' to end the race
[Verse 2]
How many bodies fall until we see what justice mean?
Or will they cover up the scene like Sandra Bland and we all seen
If we try to intervene, we the problem, what we achieve?
Anything but succeed, maybe death or at least a beating
What if I want skittles and a watermelon tea?
On a cold and windy night got my hoodie, this my regime
And a Zimmerman muhfucka find me sus come in between
Question me, pressing me, blast me up and he walking free
(Fine by my me, bye-bye me)
At times, I just feel so hopeless, it’s a never ending race
I’m tired but I can’t lose focus, and I’ll never leave a trace
I tried, it feel like psychosis
This really the world we face
I cry, but I feel like Moses
What’s next is the pearly gates
I‘ll do anything that it take
Just need all of our people straight
Every city, every state
But homie make no mistake
Ain’t no stoppin' til we see change
Until everyone feel our pain, I’m sayin'
[Outro]
Rest In Peace MLK & Malcolm X
Rest In Power George Floyd
We gon' bring this change for y’all
For Trayvon, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice
Michael Brown, Manuel Diaz, Walter Scott, Breonna Taylor ,Freddie
Gray, Alton Sterling...