American Reckoning Teclado

	  
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America's on fire 

There's protests in the street 
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Her conscience has been looted 

And her soul is under…siege 
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Another…mother's crying, as …history repeats 
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I can't breathe 

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God damn those…8 long minutes 

Lying face down in cuffs on the ground 
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Bystanders �pleaded �for �mercy 

As one, cop�shoved a kid �in the crowd 
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When did a judge and a jury 
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Become a badge and a knee on these streets? 

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Stay alive, stay alive 
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Shine a light, stay alive 
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Use your voice and you remember me 
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I'll never know what it's like 

To walk a mile in his shoes 
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And I'll never have to have the talk 

So it don't happen to you 
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Three little words written 'cross the chest 
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Of a twelve year old who hasn't lived life yet 
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Am I next? Am I next? 

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Stay alive, stay alive 
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Shine a light, stay alive 
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Use your voice and you remember me 
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Is this a moment or movement? 

Is this the tide or a flood? 
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Is our American reckoning? 

Our story written in blood 
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Or in love 
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Or in peace 

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Stay alive, stay alive 
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Shine a light, stay alive 
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Use your voice and you remember me 
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American reckoning 

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Stay alive, stay alive 
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Shine a light, stay alive 
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Use your voice and you remember me 
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American reckoning 

In our American reckoning