Chains off

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.