SaeMonae - #SayHerName lyrics

Verse 1 (@SaeMonae): Am I protected from the white selected We call them out but nothing is corrected Then they wonder why we stay erected Back to this race war that got us disconnected This is my duty and I won't neglect it While the blind lead the blind We focused but unfocused at the same time Minds right They tryna justify White LIES Over Black Lives May I emphasize I am her She is me She is who I be Blood in the soil Naked in the street Walked with her ancestors at her feet Black souls Black Lives And these Black melodies Before she's put in her grave Resurrected by dead slaves Taken for granted And now her name is chanted Peace we demand it Love expanded So now you understand it SAEMONAE Black as the richest sand I am Sandra Bland Chorus (@BrynnEylzabeth): Da da da da da da da a da (Say it, Say it, Say it) (Sandra Bland) Da da da da da da da a da (Say her name, Say her name) (Rekia Boyd) Da da da da da da da a da (Say it, Say it, Say it) (Mya Hall) Da da da da da da da a da (Say her name, Say her name) (Shereese Francis) Verse 2 (@ashesthechosen): Some sin by silence Watching over police violence Our lives secondary while media cry for lions My mind's on the sky rhyming over police sirens The soundtrack to #BlackLivesMatter written in riots Assata Shakur inspires my mind to try to endure The cries for my people dying Reminders to fight for more Since time immemorial Black women wrote the tutorial Yet somehow omitted Outsiders take all the glory yo ...It's got me wonderin' where the liberal white feminists When sistas out here losin' they lives Nobody mentions it ...In school I never bout what a hero is Just 3/5ths plus 8 million slaves equals a zero here Black fists up That's for us to symbolize To signify we won't stand by Watchin' our women die ...See just a week ago I watched Kimmel cry A week after Sandra was murdered Talk about minimized It's A.S.H.E.S! Chorus (@BrynnEylzabeth): Da da da da da da da a da (Say it, Say it, Say it) (Sandra Bland) Da da da da da da da a da (Say her name, Say her name) (Rekia Boyd) Da da da da da da da a da (Say it, Say it, Say it) (Mya Hall) Da da da da da da da a da (Say her name, Say her name) (Shereese Francis) Bridge (@BrynnEylzabeth): We see the problems Nobody try in' solve ‘em So we sit around and watch all our leaders as they follow (2x) Chorus (@BrynnEylzabeth): Da da da da da da da a da (Say it, Say it, Say it) (Sandra Bland) Da da da da da da da a da (Say her name, Say her name) (Rekia Boyd) Da da da da da da da a da (Say it, Say it, Say it) (Mya Hall) Da da da da da da da a da (Say her name, Say her name) (Shereese Francis) Outro (@ashesthechosen): Black women… Wherein one of my sisters is murdered Two learn and become leaders! (*End with) Bessie Coleman Harriet Tubman Karen Ba** Maya Angelou Dr. Dorothy Height Edit Wells Rosa Parks Robin Kelly Sojourner Truth Donna Edwards Betty Shabazz Wilma Rudolph Coretta King Nikki Giovanni Phillis Wheatley Assata Shakur Michelle Obama Audre Lorde RuDee Lipscomb Angela Davis Brittany Ferrell Fannie Hamer Meleia Starbuck