audio: http://limelinx.com/files/1eb738a658e9e1ad19fbc7afd1b35f8e Lyrics: Lets start the story with Amadou Diallo I’ll say it nice and slow so all of you can follow Now on February 4th 1999 Before I had more than Pokemon on my mind he had 19 bullets pierce through his flesh 19 bullets is what his blood and body meshed Thought he was a rapist he didn’t **** a ***** An innocent dude who never did nothing…**** A man from Guinea who came for education I rap about this now hope for explication How come this victim here had no so called justice Left his memory to rot nothing more than rubbish And the murders let off cuz they part of the law They got their blue uniforms so viola They don’t gotta pay for the **** that they done This is a perfect example of where evil has won Shoot em once Shoot em twice Just shoot em again Keep shooting em Don’t let their hearts mend Shoot em here Shoot em there Just shoot em everywhere Keep shooting em Keep em cowering and scared Shoot em once Shoot em twice Just shoot em again Keep shooting em Don’t let their hearts mend keep shootin em **** some lives up again keep shootin em **** some lives up again And now Diallo’s back but his name is Sean bell And his wedding on that just might have gone well If he wasn’t shot another four ****ing times If he was forced to utter more bloody cries Couldn’t live his life no more Sean and fiance Coulda been together like Sean and Beyonce It seems those who uphold the law are above it And when those go oppose the law course its nuthin They got their ****ing badges of course their ****ing saints Auras never besmirched even by the darkest paints Think about it for a minute then its old news Once this songs done it’ll be nothing but old views Lifes broken record something nobody can sample Cuz it can’t be flipped its us who it tramples Its gonna repeat again and guess what it did Another dude dead while crying for his kid Shoot em once Shoot em twice Just shoot em again Keep shooting em Don’t let their hearts mend Shoot em here Shoot em there Just shoot em everywhere Keep shooting em Keep em cowering and scared Shoot em once Shoot em twice Just shoot em again Keep shooting em Don’t let their hearts mend keep shootin em **** some lives up again keep shootin em **** some lives up again And now bell is back his new name is oscar grant He got killed like a dude being thrown of a plank Xecutioner style without the turntables I wonder when we all are gonna learn fables That cover up the obviouse murder on tape That causes controversy and words of hate And I know we are gonna make the worst mistake Be angry then forget it that’s the work of fate Cuz you know its gonna happen again and again And the apathy will be what blends in the trend You’ll only think about it when its on the news Yo we say we’ll remember but our hearts refuse And that’s what I think of human nature right now Apathetic and fickle and I guess I’m part of that croud We say we care we want change but don’t do a thing that’s why I reflect on it when I rap or I sing Shoot em once Shoot em twice Just shoot em again Keep shooting em Don’t let their hearts mend Shoot em here Shoot em there Just shoot em everywhere Keep shooting em Keep em cowering and scared Shoot em once Shoot em twice Just shoot em again Keep shooting em Don’t let their hearts mend keep shootin em **** some lives up again keep shootin em **** some lives up again