You'll get this now Oh yeah Haha, ha I'ma get this now And I'ma take mine just to get mine
You think, I know Wide eyes got a narrow scope You think that they'd know Not to shoot a man while he on the floor That's why these youngins they run before talkin' to police because they know the deal See young Trayvon Martin had just left the market with candy and got his ass killed
No more excuses We must refuse this Silence is useless Long live the innocent They tell us stories Of star-spangled glory This is your warning Long live the innocent Whoa, oh, oh (Oh yeah) Whoa, oh, oh (Oh yeah) Oh, oh, oh (Oh yeah) Long live the innocent Hey hey Oh yeah Oh, oh, oh, oh yeah Yeah
Eyes of the law do not (They don't) Look anything like my own (Not like mine) I can see clearly now (What they look like?) That the arraignment is gone Yes I did go head up with that cop tryna do me like Radio Raheem (Take me to him) I looked at the judge said "I feared for my life and I pray that you'll do the right thing"
No more excuses We must refuse this Silence is useless Long live the innocent They tell us stories Of star-spangled glory This is your warning Long live the innocent
It ain't what you are, it's what you can be It ain't what you are, it's what you can be It ain't what you are, it's what you can be And I see you, my brotha All they know is what you show them
No more excuses We must refuse this Silence is useless Long live the innocent They tell us stories Of star-spangled glory This is your warning Long live the innocent Whoa, oh, oh (Oh yeah) Whoa, oh, oh (Oh yeah) Oh, oh, oh (Oh yeah) Long live the innocent Whoa, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Long live the innocent