yungun - Ben McBride Addresses the Police Lyrics

Yeah theres no criminal record here
You didn't find anything in the car
But you chose not to use discretion
And you could have used that discretion, but you chose not to
And that sir, is the reason why black people
Do not have trust for white police officers in their community
Where you do not live and where you do have no sense of committment
To the life and the needs of the people in the community
You stand in a community and act like you care when you do not
Instead you chose to demonstrate yourself as a tool of racism
As a tool of fascism, as a tool of oppression
You ought to be ashamed of yourself,
For you demonstrated yourself tonight
To be unworthy of any respect
Terrorizin' our community
Contributin to the pain and the trauma
Just so you can be able to execute some kind of field training
And this is what you're teaching the young officers
Who are trying to figure out how to get into the department
And if you don't want to hear the critique
Of a community who pays your salary
And if you don't want to be the kind of law enforcement officer,
You should leave this community!


Why they stressin me?
And why they huntin' me
Don't wanna see us free
They'd rather see us bleed,
I can't, can't breathe
System wasn't made for me
Don't wanna let us be
They'd rather see us bleed,
The cmerican dream
Hands in the air
The police don't care
The president the mayor,
How could you dare
To act like all is fair
Racism in the air
They wanna keep us in fear but we ain't never scared
That's why they huntin me
Don't wanna see us free
They'd rather see us bleed,
I can't, can't breathe
System wasn't made for me
Don't wanna let us be
They'd rather see us bleed,
The cmerican dream
Hands in the air...
They wanna keep us in fear but we ain't never scared
Thats why they huntin me
They'd rather see us bleed,
I can't, can't breathe
System wasn't made for me
They'd rather see us bleed,
The cmerican dream
Hands in the air...