Stop the Hatred

Rain love on me Rain love on me Open up your eyes and finally see My grandma passed away at the top of last year At the funeral drowning cause I couldn't hold back tears But after all that's happened this past year Part of me sees grace in the fact that she's not here As a grandson this statement's a fact No elderly should ever be victim of such a heinous attack Prey on the weak only cowards would take advantage of that No more staying meek it's time to take a stand and react A simple trip to the market thought the streets were safe Turned targets I speak up for my people's sake From this pandemic I'm hopeful that we'll see escape Until then love's the only vaccine for hate Now when my folks leave the house it's quite the norm My mind's flooded with thoughts of what might go wrong Truthfully I wish I didn't have to write this song But it's only right I recite it since this mic is on What if we went a little bit out of our way to stop the hatred (Imagine that) Stop the hatred What if we took a little time out of our day to stop the hatred (Could it be) Stop the hatred Rain love on me He cold like Antarctica It don't matter if you black and white says the man in the mirror The squad's facing the terror I'm talking mother father sister brother grandma and grandpapa All doomed cause of skin color Paranoid like my mind playing tricks on this ghetto boy So I gotta scream for my mama like I'm George Floyd Now I'm all in linen like John imagining But he ain't give peace a chance he took 8 lives with him Where the love go still unanswered Politicians they be flipping Gabby Douglas They divide so they can conquer then they chain our ancestors Come together like the Beatles remastered What if we went a little bit out of our way to stop the hatred (Imagine that) Stop the hatred What if we took a little time out of our day to stop the hatred (Could it be) Stop the hatred Rain love on me It's new footage every other day every bit of it hard to watch I'm talking to my son he's eight listen to your pops I said don't fall for the bait the actions of a few Don't reflect the nature of an entire race Maybe the past is full of lessons but we missed it History shows indeed tension has existed Between the two communities but here's a fact Beyond colors we're humans not just yellow or black Like Chris Rock I ain't liberal or conservative inside I just know the enemy would love to further the divide Media don't care how the story is told They're more concerned with how the story is sold Preconceived notions make it harder to see together There's much power Rush Hour look at Carter and Lee Hopefully through dialogue we'll start to agree More light for you doesn't make the world darker for me Nuh uh What if we went a little bit out of our way to stop the hatred (Imagine that) Stop the hatred What if we took a little time out of our day to stop the hatred (Could it be) Stop the hatred Rain love on me Rain love on me Rain love on me Open up your eyes and finally see Rain love on me Rain love on me Open up your eyes and finally see