Who is George Floyd who is Breonna Taylor
Who is Elijah McClain and Ahmaud Arbery
But also who is Nipsey Hussle Pop Smoke
XXXTentacion and who is Huey it's crazy
See these people were influential in their ways
Beit through their music pouring into their communities
Or simply law abiding citizens who got caught up at the
Wrong place at the wrong time or the right place at the right time
But you never hear about any of the good they've done
Until they died like
Why I gotta be dead to be famous
Why the infamy gotta be shameless
Why I gotta be getting involved in some dirt
For you to know what my name is
Why I gotta be ending upon the news
For yall to make little changes
And please do not look at me crazy
'Cause know that I know I'm not totally blameless
Look at the news see another one black body hit the ground
It's getting ridiculous starting to look like a party
I feel like the DJ was Khalid got me feelin' callous
'Cause when it's your child it's legislated
If it's my child then it escalated and I'm forced to face that
I'm a bump in the night you afraid of the dark
And you can't even say it or see it look
If black mothers' tears making green grass grow
I'd rather see it die rather see it burn
Watch the ashes scatter from the sky chanting
Black lives matter Black lives matter
Black lives matter Black lives matter
And no we not ignorant to the black on black violence
That is accountability we keeping that same energy
Mentioned that in Humility gotta stop
Making excuses for our people who kill each other
On a whack principle called business as usual
Not talkin' bout snitchin' I'm talkin' bout being more
Mindful of who all is minding your business
So you're in a better position to start makin' better decisions
If all truth is God's truth and your truth ain't my truth
Then somebody lying we all know how that ends
Blood from the crosshairs somebody dying
We swimming with sharks and treated like minnows
The situation's always circumstantial
But if silence is violence I'm making a scene
That's on X King Carter Hampton and the Kennedy's
And no matter what it's always the same
You don't want us here but still want us chained
You just keep on telling us go back to Africa man that's insane
'Cause half of our ancestors were already here
That's aborigines gotta know your history
But y'all not ready for that level of conversation
So please I'll wait answer me
Why I gotta be dead to be famous
Why the infamy gotta be shameless
Why I gotta be getting involved in some dirt
For you to know what my name is
Why I gotta be ending upon the news
For yall to make little changes
And please do not look at me crazy
'Cause know that I know you're not totally blameless