Who Am I? (Black Lives Matter) – Rak-Su

Murder has got us feeling all traumatized
Another black man looking like you and I
Another black man with his hair like mine
Flat long nose on his face like mine
Jet black skin on his bones like mine
Fit big lips on his face like mine
Dark brown tints in his eyes like mine
That is not a reason you can take a man’s life

Killed on the street cause he looks like me
Still can’t breathe cause he smiles like me
His life’s worth less, all our eyes can’t see
Racism, what does that really mean?
They look at me and now they see a little less
Could be the same age but I’m closer to death
Same IQ but I’m closer to dumb
Same handcuffs but I’m closer to the gun
Who am I?
I am everybody in this life
Who has felt a prejudice for his skin of being black
I’m a husband or son or a daughter in the night
Knowing that I’ve gotta fight harder for a life
Who am I?

Break me down till I’m on my knees
(Who am I?)
Lynch me long till I can’t breathe
(Who am I?)
You pretend like you can’t see
What’s so different for you and me
Break me down (You break me down)
Lynch me long (You lynch me long)
You pretend like you can’t see
What’s so different for you and me

We are a physical representation of our support for George Floyd
We are a physical representation in our support for Sandra Bland
We are a physical representation on our support for Trayvon Martin
We are a physical representation of our support for Stephen Lawrence (Lawrence, Lawrence, Lawrence)

Murder has got us in our feelings kind of mad
Another black man who looks exactly like my dad
Another black man who was taken too young
That’s another black man who was calling for his mom
When we take a knee you know we’re kneeling for a meaning
When you take a knee, all you do is stop us breathing
When you pull us over you don’t even have a reason
How’d you get aggressive, start to wonder why we’re screaming

This was messed up
From the moment you oppressed us
Killed our ancestors
And you have to cheat to say that we’re aggressors
It’s just reckless
Man, it’s just nonsense
Tell me how you have a clear conscience
Tell me how you’re sleeping in the night
Knowing that you took another life
That ain’t right

We know you see the pain that you cause
Black lives matter, man, just as much as yours
But a black life format until we see your flaws
You created this, so it’s time for you to saw
From my voice you can’t tell which colour I am
But my afro hair makes me less of a man
I raise my hand high
Yeah my fist clenched tight
Black lives matter, man, I’ve said it all night

If we eat the same, breathe the same, see the same too
Walk the same, talk the same, read the same news
If we speak the same, preach the same, dream the same too
Why don’t I get treated like you

Break me down till I’m on my knees
Lynch me long till I can’t breathe
You pretend like you can’t see
What’s so different for you and me
Break me down (You break me down)
Lynch me long (You lynch me long)
You pretend like you can’t see
What’s so different for you and me

We are a physical representation of our support for George Floyd
We are a physical representation in our support for Sandra Bland
We are a physical representation on our support for Trayvon Martin
We are a physical representation of our support for Stephen Lawrence (Lawrence, Lawrence, Lawrence)