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james wade (us) - oscar grant lyrics

verse 1:

and i say, when was the last time someone ever said
that you were special and you were blessed?
the streets that i was raised in – you could do no harm
be unarmed – and cops would shoot before they reached for tasers
you’d be good if you walked among us and speak the language
l.ove a.lways s.hines e.verytime r.emember s.mile – lasers
but if these things’ll change up – and if my teams in danger
i will act a fool – bleed black and blue – and all i’ll see is strangers
tell me what my life is worth!
get shot or we get beat to death!
n.igga w.ith an a.tt-tude – middle finger to the feds
yea, i do this for oakland, cali, and oscar grant
it takes a public enemy to fight the power
it takes a nation of millions to hold us back – in fact
we h-lla live! – just not on your screen
cuz they tell us the revolution will not be televised
but they won’t tell us why

chorus:

i’m so glad, that trouble don’t last always

(so when was the last time someone ever said
that you were special and you were blessed?
i hope that when you cry somebody’s there
and i hope that when you die somebody cares)

and i’m so glad…

verse 2:

there is just “no country for old men”
where brothers feel comfortable in their own skin
this here ain’t gravy n-gga – cuz in my city
if them boys need someone to har-ss – i’ll fit the description
where i’m from – we don’t call ’em – hate when they show up
one shot makes you forget what you’d wanna be when you grow up
resisting arrest – is what they’d call it
another family buries a brother
another girl grows up without a father!
it’s my society! – cops that shoot blacks as routine for notoriety
the media don’t cover that!
judge’ll find ’em innocent – the system is against us
imagine being a victim but be considered the problem
the product, of where i came from
so even if we came up – we’re seen as d-mn crooks!
sam cooke until the change comes
trigger happy police – hate instead of embrace us
but trouble don’t last always – that’s what i pray for

chorus:

i’m so glad, that trouble don’t last always

(so when was the last time someone ever said
that you were special and you were blessed?
i hope that when you cry somebody’s there
and i hope that when you die somebody cares)

and i’m so glad…

(news coverage of the oscar grant case)

- james wade us lyrics

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