Karega Bailey - Sunny Days lyrics

[Intro] Yo, some may not be able to digest what it is to be a black man in this country Routine traffic stops turn to nightmares Stop and frisk turn to fatality [?] hunter, even though you're hunted Especially on sunny days Word up [Verse 1] Just another sunny day in northern California Watch where we going, the people might run up on you And I ain't talking about the gangs that bang red and blue I'm talking bout the boys in blue who aim them things right at you My momma asked me keep my hands at ten and two But I'm a grown man be, boy cool Plus I know my rights and I graduated school But they might still blind me when they flashing me in my rear view Cause no such thing as a routine traffic stop Cause California is the land of the crooked cops Need I remind you that they fired more than 50 shots in one block How many innocent bodies will they drop? Sad to say, we may never know the answer We need a cure for cops like we need a cure for cancer Cause both is k**ing black males at alarming rates No where is safe, anywhere, any fifty states [Hook] Sunny days, sunny days They say in Cali it never rains Wear a coat, cause it's cold They say sun will bring showers Because the one with the biggest gun has the power [Verse 2] Now what it's gonna take for us to end all that trauma Trayvon can be your son and that's word to Obama Now word to my momma, I been trying to keep the peace up in these streets But they gon have me turn these streets into Uganda I rep this one for Oscar, they made a masterpiece from a catastrophe Food fill station deserves an Oscar So I do this in your honor and all my soldiers in the struggle Down to fight the power, leave your name up on the roster Cause in this war, silence equals betrayal This is the for urgency for very black male And everybody as well so everybody that's well Unite for this [?] so justice doesn't prevail My heart goes out to the family of Sean Bell Gunned down by the police the night before his wedding bells My heart goes out to Michael Bell as well Somebody send me out to Philly, I'm ringing the Liberty Bell [Hook] Sunny days, sunny days They say in Cali it never rains Wear a coat, cause it's cold They say sun will bring showers Because the one with the biggest gun has the power [Verse 3] Coming up the son of a cop It's funny to me how the profiling still ain't stopped But I'm thankful my pops took time off his watch To give me insight to his thoughts Different scenarios to think about, prepare for the plot Teaching me how to avoid shots Just a black man trying not to think with my riches Or get caught up in the system No [?] just on the pursuit to get richer But it seems even if you in the Benz, you still a n***a in a Coop Lyrics blaring from my sunroof How ironic cause LAPD was staring too, to my right at the light Looking at us kind of like n***a, I dare you to Equal [?] the room I experience with the black and white Black versus whites, can't compare the two [Hook] Sunny days, sunny days They say in Cali it never rains Wear a coat, cause it's cold They say sun will bring showers Because the one with the biggest gun has the power [Bridge] Has the power Power Power Power Power Power Power Power [Verse 4] Yo, [?] til I seen it with my own eyes A group of coppers [?] truth so they down to plant lies But I'm true to my roots so when that lies My Marcus Garvey EP teaches you about my black pride Black fists to the black skies for all my fallen soldiers Detectives could arrest us but never could they control us Knock me off my [?] they hoping I lose my focus But I carry up my cross [?] Babylon notice I'm the son of God, and the Messiah in the flesh But follow in his steps This life ain't easy so I know this is my test They crucify the truth but yo, I'm here to resurrect Protect, I bring it to your neck I spit the truth and nothing less I'm [?] and who they built, but couldn't contain me Don't trust the government, police, or schools How could you blame me? They say the best things in life are free, that's liberation So it's no wonder why they all about incarceration New Jim Crow, get up on it