Beside Me

Four hundred years since the trip was made
Placed on a boat and was laced with chains
Got a bunch of other slaves that were made the same
Get a taste of the states through a grave of dreams
Like 'my god made us' - 'your god didn't'
First you gonna kill us then, say you Christian
Every whip that you cracked on my back ripped in it
Intervention of the sin but you fear no sentence
You could even ask Emmett ask George and Arbery
Call it manifest destiny its robbery
Take another ride through the journey of the south
Want to flag another black man fire when in doubt
It don't matter whats the cause when you're running the law
First thing's to draw with no feelings involved
I'm not saying that i know but the feelings are raw
How can anybody sit back let poison evolve?
Do you see what I see?
You breathe the same air I breathe
This isn't how it should be
We gotta go, right now, lights out
Change - it's coming to be
Will you be there beside me
Change - is coming to be
I'm an Asian American - first generation
Meaning that i walk the path of this nation and my heritage
Honor and shame with a plate full of arrogance
Side of a bow from LA up to Maryland
Growing up i never had to get taught
How to pull over how to handle the cops
How to show your hands first for bullets get shot
How to best verse a store when I'm tryna shop
I could - show up in a hoodie and sweats
I'm never second guessing when i'm cashing a check
I could push a tinted Tesla and the feeling is norm
But if my skin was darker then 'something is wrong'
Wait - i know i fight model minority myths
Like we all subservient we majority rich
Those are nothing more than lies that I'm trying to evict
But if black people hurting then we got to assist
Do you see what I see?
You breathe the same air I breathe
This isn't how it should be
We gotta go, right now, lights out
Change - it's coming to be
Will you be there beside me
Change - is coming to be
Nasir Jones said that knowledge's king
Followed only second by the effort you bring
This is a daily intervention that we're pressing to change
We're not second guessing nothing cause we're destined to win
First, can i fight without feeling the hurt?
Can i really mourn how it feels in a hurst
If i take another step that's two feet in the dirt
Who wanna give they comfort up who wanna go first?
Times complex but we need an ally
Fight against lies that are built to divide
When we die, why should the future be denied
If we try now then the road will be more bright
'I'm king' thats the nature of sin
Help me feel above you let me target the skin
From the ships taking sail we will travel again
We're focused on the ending not how it begins
Do you see what I see?
You breathe the same air I breathe
This isn't how it should be
We gotta go, right now, lights out
Change - it's coming to be
Will you be there beside me
Change - is coming to be