Aaron Kremen - Stand for You

Slowly wakin' up and today just feels the same
I watch the blades on my fan spin like 'pellers on a plane
I just... I don't know - quarantine is lame
It got me livin' in a loop and I'm waitin' for a change
I open up my Twitter as I'm layin' in my bed
I'm a couple scrolls in and I
I'm a couple scrolls in... I can't believe what I have read
Another black man is dead
Why can't we stick together? Someone go and get the rubber band
I'm sick of seeing murder to my brother, man
And my sisters and my homies and my other fam
Can someone please explain? Cause I don't understand
We watched an execution as our phone lay in our palm
There's shock and disbelief - yo, this man is really gone
There's still no prosecution so killers walk along
We can talk and go Retweet - but this man is really gone
How the hell you picking sides when the reason is evident
Don't bring up the angles! The videos were definite
He knew what he was doing: showing off his benefits
He was following procedure - Fuck you with that etiquette
There can't be any silence cause it will happen again
You know it's gon' be violent cause they can't see us all as friends
We had this fuckin' tyrant who ain't tryna make it end
So of course there gon' be riots - color killin' ain't condemned!

It's hard to form a smile when there's water in my eyes
But there really needs to be a celebration of your life
Covid got me scared but I'm cheerin' the parade
And I ain't got too much money but I'll donate what I can
I knew you from a blog, I knew you from a screen
I knew you from a video and that shit makes me scream
I'm sorry it took death for us all to come together
But I swear that we're stayin' and we're fightin' for the better
They can't sweep it' under rugs - we'll expose the floor
They can't hide it in the closet - we'll rip down the doors
Ya names will be remembered and put in education
The youth will be taught the proper history of the nation
We'll all say your names with happy tears down our face
Thank you for the strength we didn't know was in our veins
(I thank you, I thank you) And I've never been religious
But my hands are in the sky with the hope we're buildin' bridges
I'm sick of askin' WHY on the way that they depict us
Ain't it funny how we fight when equality's the mission
(So vicious) Now I may not have the answers
But you best believe I question what we're sayin' is our standard
We're really not showin' that we're plannin' for the future with a
Plan for youth, because there's Klan in blue
So until we got them gone I hope you know I stand for
You (I stand for you, for you)

And I know I'm not alone when I stand for you
There's support across the globe and we stand for you
And I know I'm not alone when I stand for you
There's support across the globe and we stand for you
And I know I'm not alone when I stand for you
There's support across the globe and we stand for you
And I know I'm not alone when I stand for you
There's support across the globe and we stand for you

Written by:
Aaron Kremen

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