[Verse 1: Schopenhauer] Stolen cigar box in convenience... time you put that on Fox's inconvenient/I ain't even lenient toward the fact brothers be staying strapped with gats and baseball bat/Be heedless of the fact they might get locked but they got chips on their shoulder like Box Tops recording/Cuz cops still k** black and Fox won't stop withholding/'less we reconsider voting and the crap we are promoting/Ain't sh** gon change complaining 'bout how things unfolding [Verse 2: J. Cole] And I'm in denial And it don't take no x-ray to see right through my smile I know, I be on the go And there ain't no drink out there that can numb my soul Oh no [Hook] x2 All we wanna do is take the chains off All we wanna do is break the chains off All we wanna do is be free All we wanna do is be free [Verse 3: J. Cole] Can you tell me why Every time I step outside I see my n***as die I'm lettin' you know That there ain't no gun they make that can k** my soul Oh no [Verse 4: Schopenhauer] It's inequality at its pure finest better yet a frightening Benetton ad/Ain't no such thing as color-blindness...i watch the news and things be breaking bad/Ain't talking 'bout no Walter White but some k**ing on a racist basis/Aryan need f**ing spaces....i feel for you, looks like i'm really pinched/Hold your head, n***a! Watch out for the Willie Lynch [Bridge] Are we all alone, fighting on our own Please give me a chance, I don't wanna dance Somethings got me down, I will stand my ground Don't just stand around, don't just stand around [Eyewitness account from Dorian Johnson:] As we took off running I ducked and hid for my life, because I was fearing for my life. I hid behind the first car I saw. My friend, he kept running, and he told me to keep running because he feared for me too. So as he was running the officer was trying to get out of the car, and once he got out the car he pursued my friend but his weapon was drawn. Now he didn't see any weapon drawn at him or anything like that, us going for no weapon. His weapon was already drawn when he got out the car. He shot again, and once my friend felt that shot, he turned around and put his hands in the air, and started to get down, but the officer still approached with his weapon drawn and he fired 7 more shots and my friend died [Hook] x2