Tink - Tell The Children lyrics

Don't shoot
Tell the children to watch out, watch out
Don't shoot
Tell the children to watch out, watch out
Don't shoot

I'm here, i'm putting my life on the
Line for my people i'm
Putting life on the line
For everybody in this
Country i believe in equality for
Everybody and why do cops
Tell us we can't be like, like you said
We have a right to defend ourselves
Martial Law they have complete
Domain over us
They are like Gods if they tell you not
To do something, you cannot do
It and if you do, they will treat you
Like a dog you will be shot
Down well at least for a
Black man i'm not sure for everybody
But I do understand that
I hope it's not like that for everyone

Tell the children to, watch out
Keep runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
They're gainin' on us
Oh they're gainin' on us
Keep runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
(Keep on, keep on)

Plot twists, just nana, me and the kids
We in the crib, it's a quarter past ten
"Where your brother at?"
Run up in his room, pulled the cover back
Where I'm from niggas leave the porch
And they don't make it back
Police light, nana starts pacing
"Fuck the pigs want
What brings you here on this occasion?"
Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow
Boys been gunned down
Your boys is having fun now
With our blood and our sons
Disturbing the peace
He's more afraid of him when he's
The one with the piece?
Aaah, nana drop, she hollering "Why God?!"
Police be telling us it's
Nothing but their job they profile us
Then they wonder why we grow up
Being prejudice and so violent
It trickles down from the rich to the poor
They'll fuck with you cause they
Can't believe that it's yours
Registration, I'll give these
Fucking streets motivation
They wanna take us out so
They start making allegations i'm fed up
Police coming so we sped up
My nana told me "fuck twelve
Keep yo' head up"

Tell the children to, watch out
Keep runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
They're gainin' on us
Oh they're gainin' on us
Keep runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
(Keep on, keep on)

King died for us niggas living in poverty
50 years later we still don't have equality
It bothers me
A badge is a pass to do whatever
So now we living in fear of
The people here to protect us
Yo, they lie and disrespect us, kill us
And then neglect us
The problem when nobody sees the
View from our perspective
My people shed blood from the
Acres you had stole
Now my people shedding blood on the
Gravel left in the cold
How these news anchors talking
'bout the struggle
These niggas had it good
Never had a pat down up in their hood
Never had to take a charge
Never had to stop the car
Never had to hit the stands
So you would never understand be one hunnid
I'll meet you at the top just like a summit
My flows are abundant
I'ma make you sound redundant
I really am messiah, bless the whip but tires
When I'm riding out I hope them
Crooked niggas see me flying uh

Tell the children to, watch out
Keep runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
They're gainin' on us
Oh they're gainin' on us
Keep runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
(Keep on, keep on)