Orion the Third - Take a Stand feat. Seráfia Lyrics

Intro:
Sat my two year old son down
If daddy gets gunned down
Hold your head little prince
Never frown,
Living in a world
Where Black lives
Don't matter
Where's the motivation
To climb the ladder?
Hearing laughter
Of every child
Unlawfully murdered
Ponder on their futures
Now unheard of
Scientists, Doctors, Lawyers
Who could've changed the world
Souls snatched from the Earth
Pray for our boys and girls

Take a Seat or Take a Stand
Take a Seat or Take a Stand

Verse 1:
Price of ungranted reparations
Police brutality implanted
In our nation
On every news station,
Black youth murder demonstration
In concentrations,
Unlawfully, unarmed indeed
Seems blaspheme,
Freedom screamed
As King dreamed
Then foreseen the grand scheme
That we integrated,
Into a burning house,
Equality never reciprocated,
We drowned in a sea of blood.
Bound to this brown skin,
Fits perfect like a glove
I countdown to my breakdown,
If taken down,
Would the world flinch?
150 years of marching,
We haven't moved an inch.
Gun us down,
The new age lynch
I pinch myself and binge on the reality,
My rights are infringed.
If police holler freeze,
I agree to cease,
Still brought to my knees
As bullets penetrate my spleen
And my son seen,
Blood soak my shirt and jeans
With my girl next to me
As she screams
Cameras on the scene,
Would the world stand still?
And appeal to instill...legislation?
Or will they forget...Philando Castile?
Will more police get killed..
To reveal how some
In the black community feel?
That's a hard pill to swallow.
Uncertain of our tomorrows
All I see is sorrow,
Is there a mustard seed I can borrow?
My visions hollow.
I pray for peace,
Don't pull your piece
If you see me reach,
For equality
See, we breathe the same air
Let's share in the fight
Ignite a rekindling of the light
We hold deep inside
One that does not divide
Race, gender, culture
Do away with the hate
That displays like a vulture
All we need is a chance,
Let me help you...

Chorus:
Take a Seat or Take a Stand.
Take a Seat or Take a Stand.
If not for me,
Do it for my little man.
Take a Seat or Take a Stand.


Bridge: Seráfia
My eyes grow
Wet and wild
Racing through these streets
Calling for my child
Begging, begging, begging
To see his last smile
Begging, begging, begging
Sound when shots are fired
Death brushed my soul
I claw shattered dreams
Like broken glass
Death brushed my soul
I claw shattered dreams
Like broken glass
How many souls are missed?
Cold face of the bullet
Gives us all a kiss
How many souls are missed?
Cold face of the bullet
Gives us all a kiss

[Thanks to Orionthethirdmusic for adding these lyrics]