Don't Shoot

Don’t shoot - Don’t shoot
Don’t shoot - Don’t shoot
Tell me who I am, what I do
I had my hands up high
I can’t breathe
Why do you hate me
What do you see

I’m a black man in a system
Wasn’t created for me
I’m reluctant to search abundance of my history
I was killed before born
Ripped then torn
I was kicked then scorned
Now I’m a child of the corn
But I’m tryna reform
I’m tryna find light and a crown of thorns
Tryna find peace in this world of mourn
Looking for answers, no Jason Bourne
Can’t be so sure

Don’t shoot - Don’t shoot
Don’t shoot - Don’t shoot
Tell me who I am, what I do
I had my hands up high
I can’t breathe
Why do you hate me
What do you see

400 years
400 years
Even after that, we was segregated
For another 60
Gotta know the history
They say cannot let that get to me
How Sway
Even now I’m in chains
Now I see whips, that even Kunta can’t blame
Now I see disaster, you couldn’t weather this pain
My heart so strained
Why they crash this plane
I’m going insane

Don’t shoot - Don’t shoot
Don’t shoot - Don’t shoot
Tell me who I am, what I do
I had my hands up high
I can’t breathe
Why do you hate me
What do you see

They say chill young man
Don’t retaliate, see that’s the devils plan
Be a good Christian, even a better man
I say they killing us - Damn
Keep us oppressed, till we can’t even fight back
Keep us so stressed that we can’t even make plans
Stride less and less till we can’t even see stay on track
I’m tryna build a stronger back
For odds stacked against me
I’m young and black, but I’m human
Who with me

Now put yo hands up high
Hands up high
If you can’t walk in peace
Put yo hands up
If you can’t even breathe
Put yo hands up high
Hands up high
Put yo

Don’t shoot - Don’t shoot
Don’t shoot - Don’t shoot
Tell me who I am, what I do
I had my hands up high
I can’t breathe
Why do you hate me
What do you see
Don’t shoot - Don’t shoot
Don’t shoot - Don’t shoot
Tell me who I am, what I do
I had my hands up high
I can’t breathe
Why do you hate me
What do you see