Keke Palmer - Fresh Water For Flint lyrics

[News Speaker] "Whenever they put it on TV they call it the 'Flint Water Crisis'. It's not just simply a water crisis, it's a crisis created. This is not a natural disaster, this is not a mistake. The water infrastructure of the city has been destroyed. The risk of lives of the people here in the city - that is majority of African-American, where 41% live below the official poverty line. When they knew the truth, that this water was poisoned, they chose to keep it quiet. They knew that the people here do not have the political power to do anything." [Verse 1] Look They want me to talk about these fake crimes and these hate crimes How the f** i'm supposed to care about oversee's when localy Everybody in my city and state dying They wanna act like it ain't happening Or like I'm just rapping Like Ima watch ya'll k** my city and you wasn't going to get a reaction f** no! Every time I go visit for Christmas It seems like it's more houses is missing It look like it's more houses that's boarded Oh and I'm supposed to not say sh** 'bout the fact there's poison all in our water, it look like population control, but they don't give a f**, well that's how I call it f** no! My city been f**ed up for a long time Where we draw the line It's like they've been saying f** us for a long time More kids go to jail than to colleges, they act like they don't see what the problem is sh** if we resilient then reality is every day we was living like hostages For you this a topic on Twitter For me listen this where my momma is It's like an experiment on us to see if we fit or to see where the bottom is Uncle ain't probably going to like the language But I'm tired of feeling like human life no matter would rip you famous I speak for the people You n***as happy I made it It ain't about races They make it seem so complicated When the water is k**ing our babies The message you sending is k**ing our spirit You saying we needing more saving My pop go 40 years and they shot my momma for 30 years And that shot made you turn your head like ya'll forgot Now It's like we don't matter (like we don't matter) sh** just got bad I'm trying to restore the faith in my past Shiiiit And they wonder why, they wonder why we rebel We ain't never lived a fairytale We feel like somebody help us, God help us or we finna give them Hell [Hook: Keke Palmer] Woke up out of my sleep last night Trying to figure out where we went wrong They testing my faith right now All I know is I gotta hold on What I say we ain't doing I'm going to get up We just gotta be, we just gotta be strong And I am getting, I am getting Gotta keep my head up Til The pain is gone [Outro: News Speaker] Flint residents stormed the state capital this week after learning their drinking water was contaminated with lead, the corrosive water stripped lead from pipes and children in the city were found with high levels of lead in their blood. Now, health officials are investigating a spike in Legionnaires disease. There have been 87 cases of the Pneumonia-like disease since the water switch and 10 people have died