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What More Can We Do

What more can we do We’ve done all we can except shoot back at you What more can you say Nothing you can say will take this pain away You say freeze, we put our hands up Ask for ID and then we get shot up We’ve been protesting, told things will change Another black man dead and things are the same Some people couldn’t believe what we see So we started recording and they still let the killers free So what more can we do What more can we say When we ask for help And get killed anyway Pulled over and I don’t know why They see I’m black so they make up lies Search my car for drugs, cuz “that all we do” But I am clean and they can’t except the truth Put me in cuffs, throw me to the ground I’m complying but asking questions too loud So the cop puts his knee on my back I tell him I can’t breathe but he doesn’t react 9 mins I’m struggling for my life 4 cops against 1, that ain’t right Who would’ve known it would be like that They took my life because I’m black What more can we do We’ve done all we can except shoot back at you What more can you say When more of us gettin killed every day What can we do When justice for us ain’t coming through What more can you say Actions speak louder than words any day

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