[Verse 1: D Smoke]
Listen, mm
If I don't make it to my pillow 'fore these lights go out
Please write about me, cite my lyrics, and know they ignite my spirit
Poor babies fightin' depression been writin' them essays
To graduate with no stage on Zoom, motherfucka?
Send me the link, I'll check into your room, motherfucka
Cybercongratulate you, then purposely agitate you
Askin' questions like, "How you supposed to protest with no chest?"
A big heart, but they closed down all the gyms, wish you had Bowflex
A Rolex won't keep you sane and safe from danger
They shut down nature, where the fuck I'm supposed to place my anger?
Ironically, my honesty might make me enemy of state
I trust that God'll use my pen to draw His face
Still got my pistol on my waist
[Chorus: SiR]
If I shout but ain't nobody around to hear it
How 'bout it when it echo?
I sing loud to talk to my inner child, he feel it
Your dreams made out of Legos
I reach out despite the feeling they out to kill us
Get rowdy 'bout the pesos
The solution for this cold institution
Just to breathe, we need to let go (Oh)
Oh, we need to let go (Oh)
Oh, we need to let go (Oh)
We need to let go (Oh)
Oh, we need to let go
[Verse 2: D Smoke]
Seven pounds of flesh'll hang out
When it pierce your vest and it rang out
And them tears your best friend is cryin'
It appears won't rest, but a page out
Of the book of life said, "Pray loud"
Never took a knife to a gunfight
Pops got two strikes from the umpire
Stoplight, two rights on a bumped tire
And the sirens plus red and blue lights told me, "Pull over"
I should feel safer, but expired plates on old Toyotas
Means I can't afford to pay tickets to two of these racist rollers
They could pull the trigger, family can't afford to pay the lawyer
Say the word, they tell me, "You got access to a league of warriors"
Eyes haven't seen what heaven keeps in store for us, there's more of us
But in this life, some wars we can't avoid
I wrote this the day they killed George Floyd
We won't forget your story
[Chorus: SiR & D Smoke]
If I shout but ain't nobody around to hear it
How 'bout it when it echo?
I sing loud to talk to my inner child, he feel it
Your dreams made out of Legos
I reach out despite the feeling they out to kill us
Get rowdy 'bout the pesos
The solution for this cold institution
Just to breathe, we need to let go (Oh)
We need to let go (Oh, shit, my nigga)
We need to let go (Oh, fuck you mean, bro?)
We need to let go (Oh)
(Nah, bro, we done let go one too many times, my nigga)
We need to let go
[Verse 3: D Smoke]
Fuck bein' patient, give a pig a rope, he'll make a noose
And fuck lettin' go, I'm all about lettin' loose
Weapons prove that talk is cheap
Chalk'll mark the spot where all their arteries
Released the coldest blood that's known from west to east
And we're prone to trust the liar
Even though they rest they feet upon our neck
Or shove their knee in our spine 'til we rest in peace
And they never get convicted
'Cause this crooked ass system protects they peeps
They killed her uncle, now who's gon protect they niece?
We built the pyramids, why do they still experiment on the ghetto?
Was taught that if you walked the earth, then you're my fellow
Must be naive 'cause as I weave through all this black and white searchin' for yellow
I'll hold on to my faith and never let go
But I'm 'bout to let go
[Chorus: SiR]
If I shout but ain't nobody around to hear it
How 'bout it when it echo?
I sing loud to talk to my inner child, he feel it
Your dreams made out of Legos
I reach out despite the feeling they out to kill us
Get rowdy 'bout the pesos
The solution for this cold institution
Just to breathe, we need to let go (Oh)
Oh, we need to let go (Oh)
We need to let go (Oh)
We need to let go (Oh)
We need to let go (Oh)
[Outro: SiR]
We need to let go (Oh)
We need to let go (Oh)
We need to let go (Oh)
We need to let go
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
