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ashes the chosen - #sayhername lyrics

verse 1 (@saemonae):
am i protected from the white selected
we call them out but nothing is corrected
then they wonder why we stay erected
back to this race war that got us disconnected
this is my duty and i won’t neglect it
while the blind lead the blind
we focused but unfocused at the same time
minds right
they tryna justify
white lies
over black lives
may i emphasize
i am her
she is me
she is who i be
blood in the soil
naked in the street
walked with her ancestors at her feet
black souls
black lives
and these black melodies
before she’s put in her grave
resurrected by dead slaves
taken for granted
and now her name is chanted
peace we demand it
love expanded
so now you understand it
saemonae
black as the richest sand
i am sandra bland

chorus (@brynneylzabeth):
da da da da da da da a da
(say it, say it, say it)
(sandra bland)

da da da da da da da a da
(say her name, say her name)
(rekia boyd)

da da da da da da da a da
(say it, say it, say it)
(mya hall)

da da da da da da da a da
(say her name, say her name)
(shereese francis)

verse 2 (@ashesthechosen):
some sin by silence
watching over police violence
our lives secondary while media cry for lions
my mind’s on the sky rhyming over police sirens
the soundtrack to #blacklivesmatter written in riots
-ssata shakur inspires my mind to try to endure
the cries for my people dying
reminders to fight for more
since time immemorial
black women wrote the tutorial
yet somehow omitted
outsiders take all the glory yo
…it’s got me wonderin’ where the liberal white feminists
when sistas out here losin’ they lives
nobody mentions it
…in school i never bout what a hero is
just 3/5ths plus 8 million slaves equals a zero here
black fists up
that’s for us to symbolize
to signify we won’t stand by
watchin’ our women die
…see just a week ago i watched kimmel cry
a week after sandra was murdered
talk about minimized
it’s a.s.h.e.s!

chorus (@brynneylzabeth):
da da da da da da da a da
(say it, say it, say it)
(sandra bland)

da da da da da da da a da
(say her name, say her name)
(rekia boyd)

da da da da da da da a da
(say it, say it, say it)
(mya hall)

da da da da da da da a da
(say her name, say her name)
(shereese francis)

bridge (@brynneylzabeth):
we see the problems
nobody try in’ solve ‘em
so we sit around and watch all our leaders as they follow (2x)

chorus (@brynneylzabeth):
da da da da da da da a da
(say it, say it, say it)
(sandra bland)

da da da da da da da a da
(say her name, say her name)
(rekia boyd)

da da da da da da da a da
(say it, say it, say it)
(mya hall)

da da da da da da da a da
(say her name, say her name)
(shereese francis)

outro (@ashesthechosen):
black women…
wherein one of my sisters is murdered
two learn and become leaders!

(*end with)
bessie coleman
harriet tubman
karen b-ss
maya angelou
dr. dorothy height
edit wells
rosa parks
robin kelly
sojourner truth
donna edwards
betty shabazz
wilma rudolph
coretta king
nikki giovanni
phillis wheatley
-ssata shakur
michelle obama
audre lorde
rudee lipscomb
angela davis
brittany ferrell
fannie hamer
meleia starbuck

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