Vic Mensa - SHELTER (Acoustic Version) lyrics

[Intro: Chance the Rapper] There's a war going on outside Ay ah There's a war going on outside Nobody's safe from But here in my arms I'll keep you from harm There's no guarantee tonight That we will wake up When night hates the morning You hear no alarm ring You can count on one thing [Verse 1: VIC MENSA] Wyclef told me, "Call 9-1-1" But who do you call when the ambulances don't come? Or watch as the ones sworn by law to protect us Wrongfully convict us, then call it corrections Next, they bail the banks out when we in recession And hang us in a jail cell so they can swing the elections The Chicago streets where potholes is deep And Tahoes creep like TLC Hospital workers in scrubs with no PPE But they got money for riot gear, my ni**a, we dying here Yet, you tell me not to move with my gun But we got more funeral homes than schools where I'm from And on the news, all you view is homicides Ain't no trauma units when y'all are traumatized Tryna get on your feet, playing the hand they dealt you If your house is not a home, let this song be your shelter, shelter, shelter [Chorus: Chance the Rapper & VIC MENSA] I'll be your shelter Emergency Please count on me, yeah (If your house is not a home, let this song be your shelter, shelter) I'll be your superhero When danger arrives I'll be by your side [Verse 2: Chance The Rapper] It's a hundred bags under the underpass Rumbling stomachs, cups jingle when Hummers pass Brisk wind, summer's done, winter is coming fast Then their Zoom teacher wonder why they don't come to class The internet been out, the hot water been out She moved to her aunt's house, then to her friend's couch Her abuser went to jail, but that ni**a been out Wilson was in-house, producer was in-house Homeless in the home of the slaves, I wonder how that'd feel? The manifested destiny a bunch of land they could steal Think about Kenneth Walker and Philando Castile How they only wanted to protect their family And now it's ni**as out here that make it worse for they folks It's a deeper, hotter hell for the worst of these folks It's a mystery, we never heard the murder she wrote If we finally paid her back, the whole Earth would be broke [Chorus: Chance the Rapper & VIC MENSA] I'll be your shelter Emergency Please count on me, yeah, I I'll be your superhero When danger arrives I'll be by your side [Verse 3: VIC MENSA] I write for my ni**as doing life with no possibility of parole You playing Fortnite, that's how long he spent in the hole Live from death row, free my ni**a Julius Jones I had a dream that Mumia was home I speak freedom in song 'Cause all I see is racist faces Where hate lives and they rape kids in cages What kind of nation lynch Elijah McClain? And send us to the Middle East to die for their flag? They drive us insane to sell us medication We demand reparations, and they tell us, "Have patience" Instead of cash payments, we get minimum wages They give us the Black Plague and then send us a white savior I found faith the day I lost hope That's when Julius reminded me of a bar I once wrote Behind bars, on the yard, where they dream of the street On death row, singing, "We Could Be Free" (We could be free) [Chorus: Chance the Rapper & VIC MENSA] I'll be your shelter Emergency Please count on me, yeah, I I'll be your superhero When danger arrives I'll be by your side You're my lucky dime [Outro: VIC MENSA & Chance the Rapper] Dime, dime, you're my lucky dime (I'll be) Dime, dime, you're my lucky dime, girl (By your side) Dime, dime, you're my lucky dime (I will be) Dime, dime, you're my lucky dime, girl Dime, dime, you're my lucky dime (I'll be your shelter) Dime, dime, you're my lucky dime (Emergency) Dime, dime, you're my lucky dime Dime, dime