SILENCE IS VIOLENCE - AK

Yeah

I need a second to reflect on what I’m seeing in the news

I see weapons intercepting, thoughts of people wearing blue

Clearly not though, hatred in their face is premeditated

We got phones recording moments, proving some law enforces are outlaws

I say some, not every cop abusing power

But look from out of perspectives and biases and think about it

The way it looks is more corruption than rebuilding

So much killing got me feeling up with feelings I’ve been concealing

'Cause I’m afraid to say it wrong, but fuck it, this ain’t about me

This about the people they got laying down pleading

Begging to breath, pressing they knees against they necks

Even the Devil sees this and contemplates therapy, yes

That’s why they see marching in these streets

Screaming names of all the people that’s are wrongfully deceased

That should never be this common at the arms of the police

Don’t tell me «All Lives Matter», all your arguments are weak

Tell me how you would feel if you got pulled over and Mr. 12

Gets up out his car, he approaching and screaming loud

«Roll the fucking windows down», if you don’t then you know it’s blauh

You peep the side mirror, he close and gun’s already out

What to do?

I don’t have any clue

Never had to fear the man that wears a badge to shoot

Shit is sad but it’s true, we need compassion, we do

No more victims, let the past be the last thing we have to lose

I just wanna get away from the past

Thinking 'bout a life where the hate don’t last

Feel like people scared of moving forward, so attached

And what they know is wrong and some of us still get a badge

I don’t wanna say I’m on, that’d be wrong

Feel like this been going on for way too long

Of course we gon' be fired up, we tired of

Seeing people have to fight for help, we’ve cried enough

Oh yeah

Silent, don’t be silent

If you are, you’re just as violent

They can try to keep us quiet

They can’t hide from the one that’s highest, no

Let me tell you what happened to me last night

I was with a few homies and had a drink around 9

At 11:30, I was try’na sleep, said «Bye»

To the guys and their parents, said I’m sober so I can drive

In the whip now, headed home, bumping unreleased shit

Good vibes on the highway, I’m feeling free then

Boom, see the lights, red and blue all over me, shit

Something ain’t right but I pull off and I hear creeping

He at my window, shining light up in my face

Had aggression in his tone before I even said a thing

He said «Where you coming from?

And tell me, how much did you drink?»

I told the truth, I said «A beer out a SOLO cup from a keg»

And he said «Bullshit, exit the vehicle and let’s talk»

I complied and now I’m sitting on the hood of my car

Young dude probably try’na make a name as a cop

I understand the game, but I couldn’t believe this at all

He takes a pen out his pocket and told me «Look at the cap»

«Austin don’t take your eyes off it», I’m talking to me in my head

He started moving and I’m glued to it, I know that I’ve passed

He puts the pen away and said «I want you to take a few steps

Go heel to toe, count 'em out, nine forward then back»

This on 287 so there’s trucks and shit flying past

Did nine flawless so I turn around and do nine back

I see my car, his behind, and now seven more behind his now

I got all these pigs around me, felt like I was on a farm

Shoulders back and chest out, I can tell they try’na look strong

One comes over, turns me around after grabbing my arm

Slaps the cuffs and does the search and finds nothing because they wrong

Still they left me in cuffs even though I did nothing

Now he walks me to his car and I’m like «Nah, bro»

I little shaky in my legs, I was nervous, I ain’t faking

Started reading my Mirandas like Cosgrove

«You under arrest for D-W-I"I said «Huh?»

He said «Son, don’t make me have to say it twice»

Then it hit me, at this point, I ain’t even been breathalyzed

I’m in the car, he started driving, bumping Em the whole ride

He was blasting it, pull up to the station and I’m mad as shit, what’s

happening?

Brings me to my cell and then he slams that shit

My anger is through the fucking roof, my dude imagine

If you sober and get pulled over and this is where it lands you at

Talking to me through the cell, pressing me to tell 'em that

I sipped more than I did, but the truth is they wasn’t having it

Want me to admit shit I ain’t did, 'cause they harassing me

In two hours, the breathalyzer’s set up and he hands me it

I deep breath of fresh air, I exhale and waited

The results are printed, he stands there and reads it

Me mad, I can’t wait 'cause he has to say it

0.00, bitch that’s what I’ve been saying

I told you, now I’m free to go, the homie Jordan picked me up

Shit I’m on my way home and now my mind is going nuts

Moment to reflect my thoughts, I oughta openly discuss

But what I asked myself is valid so let me open up

What if I was black?

What would’ve went differently?

Tears, I’m holding 'em back

'Cause I done told the cops the truth from the jump but they still harassed

But then I think of all the videos I’ve seen

And now I have a first hand experience that they would probably see and laugh

What they go through day to day is not comparable' what happened to me

And it’s evident, it’s true, we all got access to see

The Twitter videos they never show on actual TV

Hug the ones you love, express it while you can

Know that no one is above, we all humans at the end

Different backgrounds is a blessing, teach each others what we can

If you listen, then I love you and forever I’ll be here

I just wanna get away from the past

Thinking 'bout a life where the hate don’t last

Feel like people scared of moving forward, so attached

And what they know is wrong and some of us still get a badge

I don’t wanna say I’m on, that’d be wrong

Feel like this been going on for way too long

Of course we gon' be fired up, we tired of

Seeing people have to fight for help, we’ve cried enough

Oh yeah

Silent, don’t be silent

If you are, you’re just as violent

They can try to keep us quiet

They can’t hide from the one that’s highest, no