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THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO
STEFAN CLARK, CYNTHIA CLEMENS
AND ALL THE UNARKED BLACK MEN
AND WOMEN KILLED BY POLICE
WEAPONS.
UNTIL THEY ARE FREE, NONE OF US
WILL BE FREE.
WE CAN BE FREE IF WE ONLY KNEW
WE WERE TIED TO THE SAME OF EACH
OTHER.
IF ONLY I CAN LEARN
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WASH A AWAY
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WE MAKE A BETTER
TODAY TO LIVE ON.
ONE DAY I DREAM OF TELLING MY
MOM YOU AIN'T GOT TO WORK NO
MORE, SAME FOR MY FATHER BORN IN
GHANA ON A DIRT FLOOR.
CAN'T COMPLAIN, PAIN IS
SUBJECTIVE, TIME COUNTING
ISSUES, I FORGET TO COUNT MY
BLESSINGS, MY BROTHER GETTING
WATER OUT OF WELL AND STACK
STONE WITH WATER ON A SCALE
TRYING TO GET A MEAL.
THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE WE ARE
HAVING [INDISCERNIBLE]
GETTING
KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO TELL.
SOMETIMES I WAKE UP AND I LOOK
UP IN THE SKY ASKING WHY I'M
ALIVE WHEN SO MANY BROTHERS
DIED.
BUT MY PRIDE WILL NOT LET ME
GIVE UP AS LONG AS I TRY AND
THERE ARE TIMES I TRIED TO
REMEMBER.
THAT WE COULD BE FREE IF WE ONLY
KNEW WE WERE TIED TO THE CHAINS
OF EACH OTHER.
WE GOT TO BELIEVE
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BECAUSE WE'RE
FREE.
WASH AWAY -- MAKE A BETTER TODAY
THAN TOMORROW.
I DON'T WANT TO GET YOU BY
CANDLE LIGHT.
I DON'T WANT TO TURN INTO A
POLTERGEIST OR BROKEN DREAMS,
MAMA CRYING AT AN OPEN CASKET
COLD AS ICE, ALL DRESSED UP FOR
SUNDAY MASSES, THANK THE LORD TO
MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
THOUGHTS AND PRAYER CAN'T SAVE
OUR LIVES.
PARKLAND, AND SHOOTERS IN THE
SCHOOLS, [INDISCERNIBLE]
JADED
KIDS EVERY TIME I WATCH THE NEWS
NEWS.
LITTLE BLOOD KEEPS FLOODING.
WHAT KEEP DOING?
NOTHING.
SOMETIMES I WAKE UP AND LOOK UP
INSIDE ASKING WHY I SURVIVED ON
THE DAYS I COULDN'T DIE.
WHO AM I IN MY PLACE TO
CONTEMPLATE SUICIDE.
IN THOSE TIMES I TRY TO
REMEMBER.
WE COULD BE FREE, TRULY IF WE
KNEW WE WERE SLAVE TO THE PAINS
OF EACH OTHER.
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ME AND MY BROTHER.
WE COULD BE FREE.
WE COULD BE FREE AND WASH AWAY
OUR SORT RE.
I'M NOT AFRAID TO BE, IF
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LOOK BETTER
TODAY THAN TOMORROW.