Can’t speak freely so I walk bold
Can’t breathe freely in a choke-hold
Officers reply – silence’s golden
Don’t see justice eye to eye – blindfolded
All I want to do is take these chains off
Politicians want to wipe their blame off
All they want to do is clean the stains off,
Give me medicine to take the pain off
Officer, don’t shoot, see my hands up?
Officer, don’t shoot, can’t I stand up?
Take these cuffs off, I can’t end up
In a penitentiary, penned up.
Politicians want to wash their shame off
All they want to do is douse my flame off
All I want to do is call this game off
All I want to do is take these chains off
Officer, just look, we all bleed red.
Black or white, inside – we are beet red.
This is not a fight for some street cred,
We are angry we’re not freed yet!
Politicians want to kick campaigns off ,
All they want to do is pop champagne off,
All they want to do is write their gains off,
All I want to do is take these chains off.