VIC MENSA FEAT. MALIK YUSEF & WADDELL - NO MORE TEARDROPS
No more teardrops, no more No more teardrops (Hold on!), no more No more teardrops, no more No more teardrops, no teardrops No more teardrops, no teardrops
Police on fire in the streets Tear gas and the dogs on a The scene seem somethin' in the sixties They takin' knees like Lewinsky They beating women like Bobby did That's why the only we salute is to Nipsey barbecue at the precinct Hanging by the pigtails, down Wendy's Strange still swingin' from the trees folks protesting 'cause they can't leave Try to life, that's a real quarantine They just take the mask off they can't breathe But we got officers knees in our blue 'cause he running out of oxygen Got his brains blew by one of his Add you to the list of his He came in the night, now we're mourning Black fist up to no-knock But the fascism ain't the only army Look at the way the took and tore him at the blood, the streets filled with teardrops I slavin' for 'em, I ain't 'bout to share crop Pissed off, my wrist lock in I'm with this shits, nigga, 'til the bullshit
No more teardrops, no more No more teardrops, no tears No more teardrops, no more No more teardrops, no more
I'm of only seein' niggas at the funeral Tired of learnin' my homie's at the eulogy I'm of wearin' suits, man, this ain't suitable I'm tired of runnin', but the cops keep me Niggas and we still buyin' jewelry Nigga, this ain't the time for the A of the times, shit ain't what it used to be I throw a hoodie on, at what they do to me .223 cocked, I don't a handout This Street, we done got a bailout They try to us to believe in the government But even Barack is president, niggas had to sell rocks One out of niggas in the cell block The fourteen, don't nobody care about I'm in the courtroom my hair out 'Cause I get another for each one of my dreadlocks At times, you gotta fight to get your life back But if you fight back, you might get your life And just to fight back, you gotta the right stack Johnny Cochran gonna hit you with the price tag Malcolm X, Huey Newton, don't like that Hell, nah, they don't like that First nigga try to hit me a nightstick I'm going for my clip, I ain't out like that
No more teardrops, no teardrops No more teardrops, no more No more teardrops, no more No more teardrops, no tears
Can you that pain? (Shake 'em, shake 'em, shake 'em off) Can you feel that pain? (Shake 'em, 'em, shake 'em off) Can you feel that pain? (Shake 'em, 'em, shake 'em off) Say, It's for a change! (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Can you that pain? (Shake 'em, shake 'em, shake 'em off) Can you feel that pain? (Shake 'em, 'em, shake 'em off) Can you feel that pain? (Shake 'em, shake 'em, 'em off) Say, It's for a change! I I'm at war All I ever wanted to do was without fear (All he wanted, wanted) Now I'm all up (All tied up) nowhere to go (Nowhere to go, oh)
Spiritual negro, of the cult My heart and the Ghost (I hear) Of the long-forgotten (I hear) First I assert my memory, my moccasins (I hear) observed I had a cottonmouth, when I spoke (I hear) I spit fire that was up in my bones, then I smoke (I hear) Listen though, our skin-folk into That's what I my dome on a swivel for in this, uncivil war They want me to up and dribble more Black soil, got from the dirt Struggle, marriage, still in combat Looking for real men and I'm next Turing into a hot plate to feed my youngins they dug it (dug it, dug it)