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Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – Call It What It Is (2016) | Track profile | Dork

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Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

Call It What It Is

Release date: 8th April 2016

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"Call It What It Is" is a track by Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, from the album Call It What It Is, released 8th April 2016. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Call It What It Is

They shot him in the back

Now it's a crime to be black

So don't act surprised

When it gets vandalized

There's good cops

Bad cops

White cops

Black cops

Trayvon Martin

Ezell Ford

Michael Brown

And so many more

Government, policing, hard times

Oppression, racism, fear, suffering

Ain't easy

Gun control

Mind control

Self-control

We've dug ourselves a hole

Call it what it is

Murder

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2016

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2016

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—Pink Balloon
—Shine

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