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lyrics
Verse, Chuckie Campbell
How many senseless acts of violence
'til we value human life?
Trayvon Martin, Terence Crutcher
Erik Garner, Terry Price
Micheal Brown, Sandra Bland
Freddie Gray, Phillip White
Walter Scott, Jason Moland
Dante Parker, Tamir Rice
I'm learning how to smile again
without storms of sunshine,
another routine traffic stop,
another broken headlight,
another unarmed victim,
cellphone video and headline --
another case where all lives matter,
except black lives...
Watch them blame the victim
before his heart can even flat line,
demonize the subject
then report on black on black crime,
ignore the key eye witnesses,
"his hand was by his waistline"
"the assailant was resisting"
"check his wrap sheet in the meantime"
Put that officer on paid leave
and family on Dateline,
mock their tears and feelings,
as millions watch them in real time
Never mind the patterns,
check your make up,
yo, we live, right?
Queue the lights, arrange the sound,
stage is set, prime time -- now
Chorus 1, Chuckie Campbel
Hands behind your head
Lay you flat down on the ground
It's a flashlight to the face
Run those plates, they out of town
It's the --
Language of the Unheard
Language of the Unheard
For years we couldn't make you listen
now we on some
Riot, Riot
Hands behind your head
Lay you flat down on the ground
It's a flashlight to the face
Run those plates, they out of town
It's the --
Language of the Unheard
Language of the Unheard
For years we couldn't make you listen
now we on some
Riot, Riot
Verse 2, Quadir Lateef
Another black male
in a jail cell
for a crack sell
we don't never tell
we don't never speak
but we always yell
in the hood life
man, it's always hell
in the trap house
you can tell the smell
in the court room
he ain't getting bail
'bout to wild
he ain't getting mail
single black mom
she don't need a male
Hands up mean don't shoot
Selling dope, ain't no excuse
If you rap, ain't dropping facts
ain't no excuse, you a prostitute
Black man gotta rise up
Dose off, open eyes up
Unify, gotta grind up
Gotta grind up, 'fore your time up
I been walking in the street
God is with me
'cause I know the devil's
always trying to get me
I won't fall
If I do, they might kick me
I break the chains
'cause you know
I gotta get free
Chorus 2, Chuckie Campbel
Hands behind your head
Lay you flat down on the ground
It's a flashlight to the face
Run those plates, they out of town
It's the --
Language of the Unheard
Language of the Unheard
For years we couldn't make you listen
now we on some
Riot, Riot
Hands behind your head
Lay you flat down on the ground
It's a flashlight to the face
Run those plates, they out of town
It's the --
Language of the Unheard
Language of the Unheard
For years we couldn't make you listen
now we on some
Riot, Riot
Coda, Chuckie Campbell
Before the cries of justice for Emmett Till,
or the beating of Rodney King,
already patternizing a difficult relationship
with blacks and law enforcement,
many ignore that modern policing
grows out of slave patrols and night watches
meant to criminalize
All black people aren't criminals
All policemen aren't bad cops
All riots are not senseless acts of violence
But to ignore our history
is to ignore cause and effect
and when communication breaks down
this is the language of the unheard...
this is the language of the unheard
Chorus 3, Chuckie Campbell
Hands behind your head
Lay you flat down on the ground
It's a flashlight to the face
Run those plates, they out of town
It's the --
Language of the Unheard
Language of the Unheard
For years we couldn't make you listen
now we on some
Riot, Riot
Profile fits description
hide your hoodies and your Skittles
There's no danger like the fear
behind the man who holds a pistol...
It's the --
Language of the Unheard
Language of the Unheard
For years we couldn't make you listen
now we on some
Chuckie Campbell is an American hip hop artist who lives in Buffalo, NY. Campbell commonly performs with a live band (drums,
keys, and a full horn section), to make for a dynamic, powerful, and eclectic approach to hip hop, filled with fluid instrumentation, lush musical arrangements, and heartfelt poetic nuance....more
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