feat. JID, Noname & Jay Rock
You should've been downtown (Word)
The people are rising
We thought it was a lockdown (What? Yeah)
feat. JID, Noname & Jay Rock
You should've been downtown (Word)
The people are rising
We thought it was a lockdown (What? Yeah)
They opened the fire (Man)
Them bullets was flyin' (Ooh)
Who said it was a lockdown? Goddamn lie (Ugh, look)
[Verse 1: JID]
It's a war going on outside, I swear to God
I'm on the front line, no front, no cap, no fun-size
Sunshine, cinnamon skin, people blend in together and ride
Side by side, organize
We bust guns at the same time, harmonize (Ooh, ooh)
Form a line, pick a lead, take a leap
Lead with love, please, you sound like Dr. King
People tired of taking beatings from beasts covered in sheets
I love niggas, but we too forgiving for how they treating us
Reparations, though, we tryna get even ("Yo, why my shit uneven?")
Just run the paper, maybe then we can start the conversation
Common ground, prison compounds full of my fuckin' people
How you still sleepin'?
Have you had your coffee this evening, Karen?
Cause you seem a little off
All the black girls missin' and endin' up inside the coffins
But you mad when they hashtag "BlackLivesMatter" on front your sidewalks
Diabolical thoughts, diatribe from dialogues
Damaging images of men and women who died
Off, fighting for civil rights
A simple necessity given when you given life
But we been trippin'? Right... (Skrrt)
[Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
You should've been downtown (Ooh)
The people are rising (Ah)
We thought it was a lockdown (Shit)
They opened the fire (Bah, bah, ooh-wee)
Them bullets was flying (Lockdown)
Who said it was a lockdown? Goddamn lie
(We ain't gotta stop 'cause they tell us to)
[Post-Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
Downtown, where I got popped with the rubber bullet
Trey-pound, got it in my name now, I'ma shoot it
[Verse 2: Noname]
Ugh, maybe this Round Two
Government cinematic, American drive-thru
Eat their apple pie in the morning then bury the strange fruit
Then marry the strange fruit and call it the Black love
So when he bleeds, I bleed, the sacred riddle
Ain't no money I can make to make the cops get little
We seen 'em murder the indigenous, the Passage Middle
The Constitution, a life for a bag of Skittles?
So when we bleed, I load the sacred pistol
And if you need, I'll read Assata with you
And if you rich, I pray that God forgive you
Supposed to share the garden, grow the Holy in you
Maybe everything is a metaphor, one God
An African liberation is ready to take arms
They telling you, "Stay calm," they double-barrel the shotty
And stand on a graveyard and tell you to slave on
[Chorus: Andersarms .Paak]
Downtown (Down)
The people are rising (Look around)
We thought it was a lockdown (Shit, lockdown)
They opened the fire (Had to get low, fire)
Them bullets was flying (Down, down)
Who said it was a lockdown? Goddamn lie (Ooh—)
[Verse 3: Jay Rock]
Turn on your tube, dawg, look how they do us
Knee on our necks, bullets in backs
Stimulus checks, strictly for Blacks? History repeating
People scared to eat a chicken, everybody going vegan
What they put in it? Look at the world we living in
They got us shook in it
You go on your jog, then your color might get you took in it
Man in the mirror, don't look away, you better look at it
Black lives matter, so what it means when they shoot at it?
Generation, genocide, what happened to enterprise?
Heard the man infiltrated, Black Panther, re-energize
Nothing to figure out, they tryna kill us out
If I take a kneel, see my fist? I’m a killer now
Just think, bullshit you gotta filter out
Are you really ready for the smoke like a Swishahouse?
Ready for the revolution, who ready to ride?
It won’t be televised, so tell me, who ready to die?
Know the difference from a pan- and a plan-demic
Just a bunch of bullshit, how we land in it?
You either fall for anything or you stand in it
It's a lot going on on this damn mission
Big B.G. used to sell microchips
Now, he out here pushing vaccines?
It's about to be another lockdown
Feeling like D.C.—fuck you mean?
[Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
Downtown (Down)
The people are risin' (Look around)
We thought it was a lockdown (Lockdown)
They opened the fire (Had to get low, fire)
Them bullets was flyin' (Down, down)
Who said it was a lockdown? Goddamn lie (Ooh-wee)
[Post-Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
Lockdown, we ain't gotta stop 'cause they tell us to
Downtown, where I got popped with the rubber bullet
Trey-pound (Ugh), got it in my name now, I'ma shoot it
Lockdown, we ain't gotta stop 'cause they tell us to
Downtown
[Outro]
Citizens of Los Angeles
I hereby declare this to be an unlawful assembly
And in the name of the people of the State of California
I command all those assembled
Right here
On [?] Avenue...
feat. JID, Noname i Jay Rock
Trebao si bio u centru grada (Word)
Ljudi su u porastu
Mislili smo da je zaključavanje (Što? Da)
Otvorili su vatru (Man)
Ih meci je leti '(Ooh)
Ko je rekao da je zaključavanje? Prokleta laž (Uh, izgled)
[Verse 1: JID]
To je rat vani, kunem se Bogom
Ja sam na prvoj liniji, bez glave, nema poklopac, nije zabavno veličine
Sunshine, cimet kože, ljudi mješavina zajedno i vožnja
Rame uz rame, organizirati
poprsje smo puške u isto vrijeme, uskladiti (Ooh, ooh)
Formiraju liniju, odaberite olovo, uzeti skok
Voditi s ljubavlju, molim te, zvučiš kao Dr. King
Ljudi umorni od uzimanja batina od zvijeri obuhvaćeni u listovima
Volim crnje, ali i mi oproste koliko su nas tretiraju
Reparacije, iako smo tryna biti još ( "Yo, zašto moje sranje neujednačen?")
Samo pokrenite papir, možda onda možemo početi razgovor
Zajedničko tlo, zatvor jedinjenja puna moj jebeni ljudi
Kako si još spavaju?
Jeste li imali svoje kafu večeras, Karen?
Zato što izgledaju malo off
Sve crne djevojke propuštaš i endin 'unutra kovčezima
Ali ti lud kad su hashtag "BlackLivesMatter" na prednjoj svoj trotoarima
Dijabolični misli, tiradu od dijaloga
Oštećenje slike muškaraca i žena koji su umrli
Off, boreći se za građanska prava
Jednostavan nužnost dati kada vam dali život
Ali mi je igraš? U pravu ... (Skrrt)
[Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
Trebao si bio u centru grada (Ooh)
Ljudi su u porastu (Ah)
Mislili smo da je zaključavanje (Shit)
Otvorili su vatru (Bah, bah, uh-pi)
Ih meci je letenje (Zaključavanje)
Ko je rekao da je zaključavanje? prokleta laž
(Nismo mora prestati 'jer su nam da)
[Post-Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
U centru grada, gdje sam se pojavio sa gumenim metkom
Trey kilograma, dobio ga u moje ime sada, I'ma Pucaj
[Verse 2: Noname]
Uh, možda je ovo drugi krug
Vlada filmski, američki drive-thru
Jedu pita od jabuka ujutro onda zakopaju strange fruit
Onda se udaj čudno voće i pozvati ga Crnog ljubavi
Dakle, kada je on krvari, krvari mi, sveti zagonetku
Zar nema novca mogu napraviti da se policiju dobiti malo
Mi smo vidjeli da ih ubije autohtone, Passage Bliskom
Ustav, život za kesu Skittles?
Dakle, kada krvari, ja učitati sveti pištolj
A ako ti treba, ja ću čitati Assata s tobom
A ako bogat, ja se molim da ti Bog oprosti
Trebao dijeliti vrt, rastu Svetoga u tebi
Možda je sve metafora, jedan Bog
An African oslobođenje je spremna da preuzme oružje
Oni vam kažem, "Smiri se," oni dvaput barel je shotty
I stoji na groblju i rekla da slave na
[Chorus: Andersarms .Paak]
Downtown (Down)
Ljudi su u porastu (Pogledaj oko)
Mislili smo da je zaključavanje (Sranje, zaključavanje)
Otvorili su vatru (Morao sam da se niske, požara)
Ih meci je letenje (Dole, dole)
Ko je rekao da je zaključavanje? Prokleta laž (Ooh-)
[Verse 3: Jay Rock]
Uključite cijevi, psu, pogledajte kako to rade nama
Koljena na našim vratovima, metaka u leđima
Stimulans provjere, strogo za crnce? povijest ponavlja
Ljudi uplašio da jedu piletinu, svi idu vegan
Ono što su stavili u to? Pogledajte svijet u kojem žive u
Oni su nas protresao u njemu
Možete ići na trčanje, zatim boje može dobiti te je u njoj
Čovjek u ogledalu, ne gledaj dalje, bolje ti je da pogledate
Crna života važno, pa šta to znači kada pucaju na njega?
Generacija, genocid, šta se desilo sa poduhvat?
Čuo čovek infiltrirao, Black Panther, novu energiju
Ništa da shvatim, oni tryna ubiti nas
Ako uzimam Klekni, pogledajte moje šake? Ja sam ubica sada
Samo mislim, sranje moraš filtriranje
Jeste li zaista spremni za dim kao Swishahouse?
Spreman za revoluciju, koji spreman za vožnju?
To neće biti na televiziji, pa mi reci, ko spreman da umrem?
Znaju razliku od pan i plan-Demić
Samo gomila gluposti, kako sletimo u njemu?
Ili pasti za ništa ili stojite u njemu
To je puno stvari na ovaj prokleti misiji
Big B.G. koristi za prodaju mikročipovi
Sada je ovdje gura vakcine?
Radi se o biti drugi zaključavanje
Osjećaj kao da kapo-jebeš misliš?
[Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
Downtown (Down)
Ljudi su RiSiN '(Pogledaj oko)
Mislili smo da je zaključavanje (Zaključavanje)
Otvorili su vatru (Morao sam da se niske, požara)
Ih meci je leti '(Dole, dole)
Ko je rekao da je zaključavanje? Prokleta laž (Ooh-pi)
[Post-Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
Zaključavanje, mi se ne mora prestati 'jer su nam u
U centru grada, gdje sam se pojavio sa gumenim metkom
Trey funti (Uh), dobio ga u moje ime sada, I'ma Pucaj
Zaključavanje, mi se ne mora prestati 'jer su nam u
u centru grada
[Outro]
Građani Los Angeles
Izjavljujem da je to nezakonito sklapanje
A u ime naroda države Kalifornije
Naređujem svim tim sastavljen
Upravo ovdje
Na [?] Avenue ...