Prayin' to my savior, Lord, can you save us? Throw us in the jungle, then they lock us up in cages Sayin' that we free, and then they find a way to slave us They complain about the riots, but this the hate you gave us How would you feel if somebody killed your baby? That's how we feel, you done took another baby Call us gorillas when it's time to turn the tables They call us thugs, but this the hate you gave us It's been goin' on for years, all the blood, all the tears And the color of your skin, step to the side if you live it And we so sick and tired, and we tired of bein' sick Every day, somebody's mama gotta cry out again That is murder, that is not police brutality Black lives matter, tell them all to face reality Ain't tryin' to be no casualty, they killin' us so casually Y'all racist as your CEOs, the cleanup in your faculty I gotta protect my family They shoot us in the back and put a knee on us Say you understand, but you can never breathe for us Just want our justice and our rights, keep your stimulus What good is marching, gon' do it, they ain't hearin' us See so many of my kind cryin' like they ain't weepin' up See so many of my kind dyin' while they up in handcuffs Little Martin on Malcolm, we gon' need someone to lead us You can't call police on police, who gon' save us? Prayin' to my savior, Lord, can you save us? Throw us in the jungle, then they lock us up in cages Sayin' they'll be freein', then they find a way to slave us They complain about the riots, but this, they hate you gave us How would you feel if somebody killed your baby? That's how we feel, you done took another baby Call us gorillas when it's time to turn the tables They call us thugs, but this, they hate you gave us Say a prayer for your baby, stay out here killin' for real When I talk to my sons, I tell them what it is They hate you for your skin, they don't care who you is Killed a boy for a BB gun, I think he was six I'm black and brown, not afraid, just prayin' for better days They try to turn over the page, but it don't help with the rage Cause it's the end of the book, they took our lives like a crook I cannot help how I look, but I'm so proud of my roots Yeah, shoot us in the back and put a knee on us Say you wanna stand, but you can never breathe for us Just want our justice and our rights, keep your stimulus What good is marching, gon' do if they ain't hearin' us There's so many of my kind cryin' like they ain't weepin' There's so many of my kind dyin' while they up in handcuffs So tomorrow, now I'm actin', we gon' need someone to lead us You can't call police on police, who gon' save us? Prayin' to my savior, Lord, can you save us? Throw us in the jungle, then they lock us up in cages Sayin' that we free, and then they find a way to slave us They complain about the riots, but this, they hate you gave us How would you feel if somebody killed your baby? That's how we feel, you done took another baby Call us gorillas when it's time to turn the tables They call us thugs, but this, they hate you gave us