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dyalekt - preach to the choir lyrics

to make you feel safe
a couple people had to get displaced
but right up the block
an unarmed black man got shot
and to keep his job
another brother had to cut off his locks
and you’re scared i’ll force you to be pc
man you must be on pcp
slavery never ended
yeah f+ck it i said it
slavery never ended
the way they did it was just gettin expensive
and just like there ain’t really pearls in a pearl necklace
a plantation ain’t no bed & brеakfast
it was a too late to undo their messagе
and they was scared of retribution if they wasn’t protected
so the 13th amendment had a clever exception
if convicted of a crime you could still be indentured
to clear up any ambiguity about our government
slavery is still a very legal form of punishment
available jobs ranged from prisoner to soldier
every potential looter shipped to angola
chained to the gang or star struck for fame
shinier shackles when it’s by another name
them old slave codes changed clothes to james crow
if you’re like me and your brains slow: they target the same folk
dat game tho, politicians had lines
gotta be tough on crime, got your best interests in mind
if you’re innocent you’ll be fine if you got nothing to hide
nevermind that stuff like vagrancy was vaguely defined
freedom confined is freedom on the vine
it’s only worth it if it ends up in the wine
i don’t know much, but i know one thing
you gotta preach to the choir so they know what to sing (x4)

thugs in the house they at war with you
ladies in the house they at war with you
everybody on the left
everybody on the right
if you got a dollar in your pocket
if you got ten dollars in your pocket
if you got a $100
if you got a million dollars you’ll be fine it’s cool

to add injury to insult
criminalize a race
check the result
arrest one assume we all at fault
we all in the same gang we ain’t the same cult
the thing about black codes & pig laws
(sidebar that’s why cops are what a pigs’ called)
is they were regulated by the same states that just lost
& were tryna recover & recoup costs
in other words the south got what they wanted from the war
and most of their dead soldiers were poor
just like how ceos will burn a business to the floor
and get enough sympathy to win awards
while even liberals act like we’re inherently criminal
screaming blackonblack like rhetoric is literal
the residual effect of that yoke on our necks
is we internalize this negative repetitive mess
let’s be clear, most crime is intraracial
90% i know that sounds painful
we’re ghettoized, that’s why the number is fairly high
white on white crime is closer to 85
anybody know why that ain’t been stigmatized?
no think pieces, pundits, or preachers to vilify?
no ‘we gotta do better’ it’s epidemic genocide
cause privilege is ignorance to just let it slide

i don’t know much, but i know one thing
you gotta preach to the choir so they know what to sing

- dyalekt lyrics

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