Akie Theyre killing me tonight They are killing me tonight They are murdering, murdering Murdering me tonight Soul Khan We went from voltage to dosage like thats humane As the hourglass passes its last few grains We still add new names to death row that echo From holman to folsom, how can you claim That were staying on the high ground When we take another life out Without so much as raising up an eyebrow Well maybe some of us But meanwhile the rest of yall chill as we restrain a mothers child down Strapped but disarmed, theyre jabbing his arms with catheters His familys hearts are cracking apart as activists Protest with candles and signs hoping this man will survive Unless the capital calls for the miraculous This aint the kind of thing you need to stop and ask oprah Its power that we cant allow atop a mans shoulder Its about time I cried out and brought my hands closer Remembering the final words of shaka sankofa HookAkie Bermiss Theyre killing me tonight They are killing me tonight They are murdering, murdering Murdering me tonight Mr. governor, weve discovered a Body of evidence dont cover us In that black mask and make us Make us turn out the light Soul Khan Now even if theyre guilty beyond reasonable doubt It aint like killing emll ever even this shit out If youd fallen where theyve fallen, you might see another route Instead of something more than murder when that needles coming out Weve seen too many moments that are worth second looks The first breath he took, the first step he took A grave is a grave and a death is a death But yall forget about it as soon theyre first getting booked See, im just stating the past ethics and same words From the family of matt shephard and james byrd I cant imagine that sad sentence that they heard They showed a kinda mercy to killers they aint Earned Wrongly accused or proven and shut cases You wanna execute em, remove me from your playlist Their your neighbors, lord save us Nah, fuck it you aint even try to save troy davis Hook Theyre killing me tonight They are killing me tonight They are murdering, murdering Murdering me tonight Mr. governor, weve discovered a Body of evidence dont cover us In that black mask and make us Make us turn out the light
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