Keepin' Us All Down

Take me down
Take me down low
Feel the water
Wash clean my soul

Feel the weight
I feel the weight
Of the past
Of the pain

How did this begin
That the color of my skin
Would put my worth and value
Into questioning
I can’t take it
And we should break it

Shouldn’t have to prove my humanity
Shouldn’t have to show the insanity
Of a history repeating
And constantly keeping us down
It’s keeping us all down

Way too long
We’ve been silent
Turned away
With blind content

As bodies lie
On the streets
Will you rise
Will you rise with me

Can’t do this on my own
Need your voice to match my own
Get loud, get angry
Knock injustice off it’s thrown
And make good trouble
Don’t hide our struggles

Shouldn’t have to prove my humanity
Shouldn’t have to show the insanity
Of a history repeating
And constantly keeping us down
It’s keeping us all down