Body Count - No Lives Matter lyrics

It's unfortunate that we even have to
Say 'Black Lives Matter', I mean
If you go through history nobody
Ever gave a fuck i mean, you can kill black
People in the street, nobody goes to jail
Nobody goes to prison but when I say
'Black Lives Matter' and you say
'All Lives Matter'
That's like if I was to say 'Gay Lives
Matter' and you say 'All Lives
Matter' if I said, 'Women's Lives Matter'
And you say 'All Lives Matter'
You're diluting what I'm
Saying you're diluting
The issue the issue isn't about
Everybody it's about black lives
At the moment

But the truth of the matter is, they
Don't really give a fuck about anybody
If you break this shit all the way
Down to the low fucking dirty-ass truth

We say that 'Black Lives Matter'
Well truthfully they really never have
No one ever really gave a fuck
Just read your bullshit history books
But honestly it ain't just black
It's yellow, it's brown, it's red
It's anyone who ain't got cash
Poor whites that they call trash

They can't, fuck with us
Once they realise we're all on the same side
They can't, split us up
And let them prosper off the divide
They can't, fuck with us
Once they realize we're all on the same side
They can't, split us up
And let them prosper off the divide

Don't fall for the bait and switch
Racism is real, but not it
They fuck whoever can't fight back
But now we gotta change all that
The people have had enough
Right now, it's them against us
This shit is ugly to the core
When it comes to the poor no lives matter

America's always been
A place that judge my skin
And racism is real as fuck
Ain't no way to play that off
And in the eyes of the law
Black skin has always stood for poor
This is basic shit
They know who they fucking with

They can't, fuck with us
Once they realise we're all on the same side
They can't, split us up
And let them prosper off the divide
They can't, fuck with us
Once they realize we're all on the same side
They can't, split us up
And let them prosper off the divide

Don't fall for the bait and switch
Racism is real, but not it
They fuck whoever can't fight back
But now we gotta change all that
The people have had enough
Right now, it's them against us
This shit is ugly to the core
When it comes to the poor no lives matter

You never see them pulling rich people out
Of their cars in their neighbourhoods
Because they know they
Got lawyers they know they'll
Sue their ass they
Can tell who to fuck with unfortunately
Black or brown skin has always meant
Poor they're profiling you kid
They know you can't fight back
But we about to

Investigators say they are reviewing
Body camera and dashcam video of Tuesday's
Shooting police say
That Keith Lamont Scott did have a
Gun in his hand when an
Officer shot him but a new picture of
The scene shows something at Scott's
Feet a source tells our Charlotte affiliate
It may be a gun
But people in the neighbourhood
Say the father
Of four was holding a book instead
Officer Vinson was in plain clothes when the
Shooting happened he was not wearing a
Body worn camera but we are told that
Three other officers wore theirs the
Department is under increasing pressure
To release police
Videos from the shooting but the police
Chief says he will not do that
Right now because of the investigation

(Listen to me this shit
Is deeper than racism)

Don't fall for the bait and switch
Racism is real, but not it
They fuck whoever can't fight back
But now we gotta change all that
The people have had enough
Right now, it's them against us
This shit is ugly to the core
When it comes to the poor no lives matter

This shit is ugly to the core
When it comes to the poor no lives matter

This shit is ugly to the core
When it comes to the poor no lives matter