Chorus It's been a long, a long time coming but I know Change gone come, change gone come It's been a long, a long time coming but I know Change gone come, change gone come Ohh yes it will V1 I was born by the river, my soul has been delivered/ But even as an innocent baby they called me nigga/ Stuck in a time when my skin made them quiver/ Baptized me in the water so cold it made me shiver/ Wrapped me in a blanket and decided right now/ She was going to head north and escape this town/ No matter what she faced she would not back down/ Tired of being mistreated cuz her skin was brown/ Quick-shift, big pivot, she reached her limit/ She knew this was a place she would never revisit/ Fled north and hasn't looked back ever since/ She said a change gone come she can feel it in her spirit/ Even as a young boy I felt it too/ And 1 day I was gonna do what I had to do/ I know a change gone come I believe that's true/ Philando, Sandra Bland yea we do this for you/ Chorus It's been a long, a long time coming but I know Change gone come, change gone come It's been a long, a long time coming but I know Change gone come, change gone come Ohh yes it will V2 I was born in the city, hard times yeah they were plenty/ Wondering if I would make it to see 20/ If you live where I live you make it just barely/ But if you got money you can live in luxury/ Harassed by the cops every time I get stopped/ Gotta keep my hands in sight so I don't get shot/ Move slow, stay calm/ Being killed in public when we are unarmed/ So I say power to the people, the people have the power/ This is it we are entering the final hour/ Fist in the air, we will not cower/ We will not stop til racism is devoured/ B I P O C if that's you/ Stand up, let's fight, we cannot lose/ I know a change gone come I believe that's true/ Mike Brown, Eric Garner yea we do this for you/ Chorus It's been a long, a long time coming but I know Change gone come, change gone come It's been a long, a long time coming but I know Change gone come, change gone come Ohh yes it will V3 Sometimes I feel like history is on repeat/ Slowly Crashing with no control alt delete/ How many times rosa parks gone have to stay in her seat/ How many times Kaepernick gone have to take a knee/ How many times MLK gone have to march in peace/ How many times we gone have to say I can't breathe/ How many times do we have to beg and plead/ How many times Malcolm X gone say by any means/ How many times black people have to die in the street/ For you to see America is full of hate and deceit/ Face it, I think it's time to defund police/ And Invest in the people in poor communities/ been a long time coming, a long time running/ 400 years of oppression and mass suffering/ A change gone come cuz we making it true/ George Floyd, Breanna Taylor yea we do this for you/ Chorus It's been a long, a long time coming but I know Change gone come, change gone come It's been a long, a long time coming but I know Change gone come, change gone come Ohh yes it will

hook black black I'm so black yeah I'm so black aye/ black black and that's a fact and that's a fact/come on black black I'm so black yeah I'm so black aye/ black black and that's a fact and that's a fact/ Verse 1 Everybody wanna be black alright/ Til the cops show up and they shoot on sight/ Take 1 look and they say it's our fault/ But If you really black then it don't come off/ Raised in the hood where we could have been lost/ We been trying to get out but we never been taught/ we still rise up, still get down/ Wanna rap like us so we make a new sound/ Wanna dress like us but you ain't that cool/ The things we invented they don't teach in school/ I'm so black I'm light years ahead/ So I already learned everything you ever read/ I can see the future and I can see the past/ And black is the only thing that's ever gonna last/ I'm so black and I'm proud of myself/ I would never ever wanna be anything else/ hook black black I'm so black yeah I'm so black aye/ black black and that's a fact and that's a fact/come on black black I'm so black yeah I'm so black aye/ black black and that's a fact and that's a fact/ Verse 2 They wanna imitate but cant duplicate/ Cuz Black is the color of the art that we make/ Some people wanna hate when they look at my skin/ But I feel great in my melanin!/ Im everything my ancestors dreamed/ black magic like you've never seen/ I'm so powerful I can never be stopped/ Black hair, yeah we got it on loc/ Black exodus, black excellence/ Im just minding my black owned business/ Black on black on black on black/ Watch me as I count my stacks/ Then invest in my own people/ Do it til they treat us equal/ Black fist up holding strong/ Marching while we play this song/ hook black black I'm so black yeah I'm so black aye/ black black and that's a fact and that's a fact/come on black black I'm so black yeah I'm so black aye/ black black and that's a fact and that's a fact/ Verse 3 Love black lives like you love black culture/ Love black lives like you love drinking soda/ Love black lives like you love black coffee/ Love black lives like you love black TV/ Love black lives like you love yourself/ Love black lives like there is nothing else/ Love black lives like you love being rich/ Love black lives cuz we the shhh/ hook black black I'm so black yeah I'm so black aye/ black black and that's a fact and that's a fact/come on black black I'm so black yeah I'm so black aye/ black black and that's a fact and that's a fact/

Intro All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us Don't worry about what people say, we know the truth! All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us Enough is enough of this garbage! Verse 1 I thought the year of the skinhead had been dead/ but here we go again, black, brown yellow red/ that's all u see is a color when u look at me?/I'm so much more, get in touch with humanity/ I thought the year of the white sheets had been beat/ but here we go again, future looking really bleak/ what we didn't get it when Kanye said it about Bush?/ They don't really care about us take another look/ I thought the year of oppression was long gone/ but here I go again writing yet another song/what we didn't get it when Michael said it the 1st time/ they don't really care about us was his 1st line/ but to me, it don't matter if black or white/imma love u all the same cuz what's right is right/ even if the whole world is going mad/ bang bang shot dead everybody gone bad/ Chorus All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us Don't worry about what people say, we know the truth! All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us Enough is enough of this garbage! All I wanna say is that they don't really care about All I wanna say is that they don't really care about All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us! Verse 2 I thought the year of racism was out of site/ odds stacked against us, we still gone fight/ U can beat me down but u can never break me/ hate me now but u will never shake me/ I thought the year of white supremacy was recalled/ you can try to knock us down but we always stand tall/ And when my body is weak, God heals me/fire all ya bullets but u will never kill me/ I thought the year of oppression was long gone/ but here I go again writing yet another song/what we didn't get it when Michael said it the 1st time/ they don't really care about us was his 1st line/ but to me, it don't matter if black or white/imma love u all the same cuz what's right is right/ even if the whole world is going mad/ bang bang shot dead everybody gone bad/ Chorus All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us Don't worry about what people say, we know the truth! All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us Enough is enough of this garbage! All I wanna say is that they don't really care about All I wanna say is that they don't really care about All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us! Bridge Somethings in life they just don't wanna see But if Martin Luther was living He wouldn't let this be Verse 3 I thought the year of oppression was long gone/ but here I go again writing yet another song/what we didn't get it when Michael said it the 1st time/ they don't really care about us was his 1st line/ but to me, it don't matter if black or white/imma love u all the same cuz what's right is right/ even if the whole world is going mad/ bang bang shot dead everybody gone bad/ Chorus All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us Don't worry about what people say, we know the truth! All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us Enough is enough of this garbage! All I wanna say is that they don't really care about All I wanna say is that they don't really care about All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us!

Verse 1 It will take a nation of millions to hold us back/ trying to keep my people down in the gutter cuz we black/ but that ain't gone fly nope we still gone soar/ Martin did it to the death but we still need more/ So we marchin' in the streets shoutin' black lives matter/ and then you respond by saying all lives matter/ you stupid that's exactly what we saying when these white cops shootin'/ only us in the streets like we lootin'/ but being black and proud was all we were doin'/ cuz my skin is brown that's reason 4 persecuting/ Somehow, my skin is my sin in your eyes/ but a man can only be judged by what's inside/ my skin is my pride, and I get my strength from my mind/ take a look deep inside and you might be surprised/ and maybe you'll see the man my mom raised me to be/ and even then Imma stand tall and lead my people as we/ Hook Marching down the streets shoutin' black lives matter/ black lives matter, black lives matter/ But all you care about is ya pockets gettin' fatter/ pockets gettin' fatter, pockets getting' fatter/ [Repeat] Spoken word I woke up early this morning God told me to save this put it on a record God he told me to play this write the best rhyme you've ever written for ya people time to get free time for all be treated equal Price of living going up life expectancy going down How the kids supposed to survive with all the killings that's going around While you sit down we stand up, the era of sit-ins is over its time to TURN UP! Verse 2 Sorry White America don't mean to embarrass you/ but until oppression stops, I think I'm going to have to/ Hold up wait a minute no I ain't sorry/ I'm a put your business out in the streets like Maury/ Freedom fighter, freedom writer, yea we ride or die/ can't rely on the rest we stand for black lives/ cuz no matter what we been thru, we know black is beautiful/ from my hair follicles, down to my cuticles/ I look pretty cool and I rap pretty smooth/ I think you just jealous you can't do the things I can do/ start us on the same line and Imma pass you up/ but you don't mind a black man who can jump or dunk/ or a lil black girl who can sing a song/ as long as you run the world while you sing along/ hold up wait a minute yo we had it up to here/ but I think you get it now cuz we made it very clear while we're/ Hook Marching down the streets shoutin' black lives matter/ black lives matter, black lives matter/ But all you care about is ya pockets gettin' fatter/ pockets gettin' fatter, pockets getting' fatter/ [Repeat]

Verse 1 It's like the world is slowly spinning out of control/ Pandemic still here, racism taking its toll/ It's hurting our soul, how we gone survive/ If we can't even be Black and walk outside/ Still gotta pay bills but can't go to work/ Still trying to say a prayer but can't go to church/ But no worries, I'm here/ And together we can make it through this time with no fear/ But you can't give up, don't give in/ Call me any time you need a friend/ you feel the weight of the world holding you down/ Feels like its too much, like you about to drown/ You feel the pain in your heart and you're filled with sorrow/ Keep pushing on there's always tomorrow/ Its a lot but Stay calm just breathe/ I'll be here for you just lean on me/ Chorus Lean on me, when you're not strong and I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on, Lean on me For, it won't be long till I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on Verse 2 It's like the whole country is in a state of panic/ Police out of control, and we can't stand it/ So we keep trying to uplift each other/ I will always have ya back cuz you are my brother/ And you are my sister and we are valuable/ So don't ever let nobody take the value out of you/ Don't ever let nobody tell you you are not special/ And no matter what's going on, that remains true/ So you can't give up, don't give in/ Call me any time you need a friend/ you feel the weight of the world holding you down/ Feels like its too much, like you about to drown/ You feel the pain in your heart and you're filled with sorrow/ Keep pushing on there's always tomorrow/ Its a lot but Stay calm just breathe/ I'll be here for you, you can lean on me/ Chorus Lean on me, when you're not strong and I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on, Lean on me For, it won't be long till I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on Verse 3 It's like the whole city is just about shatter/ And we will never stop shouting black lives matter/ But that's a heavy burden, at times we get tired/ So I can understand if you lose your fire/ Call on me if you need a hand/ Call on me Ill understand/ You can Call on me I got ya back/ You can call on me any time in fact/ Just Don't give up, don't give in/ Pick up the phone if you need a friend/ you feel the weight of the world holding you down/ Feels like its too much, like you about to drown/ You feel the pain in your heart and you're filled with sorrow/ Keep pushing on there's always tomorrow/ Its a lot but just Stay and breathe/ I'll be right here, you can lean on me/ Chorus Lean on me, when you're not strong and I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on, Lean on me For, it won't be long till I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on