Building leadership
And community knowledge
Goes far beyond
What they teach you
In College
Let's talk about
Where Rosa Parks sat
And what would have
Stayed the same
Had she stayed
In the back
Let's remember Ma Tubman
And every mile
She risked her life
To carry her people
To the other side
Let's talk about
The current state
Of systemic degradation
Keeping the oppressed
From being part of this nation
Let's talk about the fact
That America
Was build by Blacks
On the backs and graves
Of slaves
The way for white America
Was paved
And they still refuse to say
Black Lives Matter!
Say it with me
Black Lives Matter
We could say Dr. King
And Malcolm X
Howard Thurman
Marcus Garvey
All deserve our respect
People who committed
To their very last breath
To set their people free
Say it loud with me
Power to the people
It is time to erect
A brand new steeple
We built this country
Yet they keep running
Our bodies to the ground
Profound don't you think
As we are on the brink
Of amber waves of change
I think it's kind of strange
They even open their mouths
To say
Liberty and justice for all
But the call for freedom
Fell on selfish ears
They called us three-fifths
Of a person
To ease their fears
And we have taken it
For too many years
It is time
For Babylon to pay
And Black people
Pave the way
We are proud to say
Black is beautiful
Black will be free
Black is the way to be
We build our community
Against all the odds
And keep singing our songs
And fighting for the cause
We have persevered
Through all these years
So many tears
Yet strong we still remain
There is power in our name
Building leadership
And community knowledge
Is something
Most Professors
Don't teach in college
That is why we constantly
Stay on our knowledge
And keep fighting to be free
Say it with me
Black Lives Matter!
