Dizzy Wright, Nikkiya - I Need Answers lyrics

The images from this weekend's
Violence in the streets
Stores being looted and riot police with
Dogs barking and charging protesters
It all started with the fatal shooting by
Police of an un-armed black teenager
The FBI has now opened an
Investigation of the shooting
The shooting of eighteen year
Old Micheal Brown
Has opened a wound in the community

Never thought today god would take my friend
But I’m dealing with it
The police is at it again
And they killing the innocent
They consider us gangsters if we don’t walk
Around acting like brothers is feminine
Y’all run off adrenaline
How you obey the law by harassing a citizen?
How we supposed to feel safe if
You always act scared of us?
Somebody must’ve told you a lie
Not surprised that they calling us animals
Living in poverty, tryna survive
They say don’t be mad at the cops
96 percent killing is black on black crime
They don’t want us to be outraged
But how we ever gon change
If we don’t even try

Why, do they kill us
When they feel uncomfortable?
This shit is dysfunctional
Lost one of my homies about a month ago
Why, do we always feel like a target?
If I know it’s because my skin
What would you call it? I need answers man

Please tell me something
How out of the blue, the one in the black
Get shot down for nothing
I just don’t know, it feel like some nonsense
Feel like some bullshit
Please tell me something i need answers man
All of the sudden
Boys in the blue shoot boys who are black
Shoot them for nothing
Where they do that at?
I just don’t know it feel like some nonsense
Feel like some bullshit
Please tell me something i need answers man

It’s no science to it
They treat us bad cause they
See how we living
Tell us take what was given
The government been against us
Since the very beginning
What if we took our guns off
Us and put em on y’all
And then asked god for forgiveness
Tryna get through to the public
Marching and screaming for justice
Only get us pushed to religion
Hands up, don’t shoot! We beg to be humans
We must got a snake involved
If martial law can happen any minute
Then what’s an unpaid suspension if
You break the law?
Killing us isn’t the answer
Establish facts before the propaganda
Look, these regular people with regular lives
Badges should come with a body camera
Why every chance they get

I need answers man (I need answers man)
We need, answers

What now, fight back
Bust back till they scared of that
Cause Willie Lynch wrote a letter
On controlling black people
And we still ain’t repaired from that
Might as well pull out the rope
I’m not pointing no fingers
I’m blaming us both
It’s obvious we can stand
For the right things
But media plays a problem with
The things they promote
Fighting in a lose lose battle
Tryna bring peace but it don’t come natural
Walking in the streets, holding up signs
And they throwing tear gas at us
Like the shit don’t matter
It was a peaceful protest before looters
We the violent ones, but they the shooters
Can’t be teaching these kids
You gon be mistreated
By the police for being a human
I mean what kind of future is that?
What it take to get back?
I’m a man, I know better
Maybe me and my folks should vote better
Or maybe I should get out this country
Cause they aren’t gon ever
Respect us until we
Start fucking up all of their money
But until then
Pump your fists if you still in
Cause we will win, time to get angry