Stand Up

Stand up 'Cause you are standing for nothing Just shut up 'Cause your words mean nothing (nothing) Everyone is at each other's throats Everyone thinking that they know things that they don't know Everyone painting the third coat on the wall of belief Send me relief When I call the police will they just kill me? Will they just kill you? When I call the police will they just protect me 'Cause I'm white skinned too? Every time you talk, the system knows Everywhere you walk, the cameras go Everything I say you already know Everything in state is about to blow Way back before Jim Crow When I call the police will they just kill me? Will they just kill you? When I call the police will they just protect me 'Cause I'm white skinned too? Stand up 'Cause you are standing for nothing Just shut up 'Cause your words mean nothing (nothing) Everybody stares like I'm just my gender I'm a living soul with my own agenda Tell me how you are the priest and the prosecution How you love a God who loves executions Corruption in the blue line ripples out Eruption in the streets bring the few and proud Attention when the knees fall to the ground Silently loud When I call the police will they just kill me? Will they just kill you? When you call the police would they just protect you 'Cause you're white skinned too? Every day that passes I'm angrier Every time the cops get a hall pass, build another barrier Now it's stereotypical No I'm not cynical Political, hypocritical Corruption in the blue line ripples out Eruption in the streets bring the few and proud Attention when the knees fall to the ground Silently loud Stand up 'Cause you are standing for nothing Just shut up 'Cause your words mean nothing (nothing) If you walked a mile in my shoes You'd probably take 'em off, wouldn't you? If you had to live in my truth You'd probably tell a lie, wouldn't you? When I call the police will they just kill me? Will they just kill you? Stand up Stand for nothing Nothing You stand for nothing Stand up 'Cause you stand for nothing Just shut up 'Cause your words mean nothing Stand up 'Cause you stand for nothing Just shut up 'Cause your words mean nothing