Honest Lyrics

Land of the free

Home of the greed

Nation of contradictions

They pretend not to see

Melanin outlawed

If you leave it to them

Hereditary target

Embedded in my skin

Forgive them father

They don't know what they've done

It's getting harder

Can't ignore the smoking gun anymore

The system is broken and no one will admit it

The words left unspoken can do nothing to fix it

Cause everyone's scared to be honest

Can we just be honest

I don't understand

Why do you fear me?

We're not the monsters

You believe us to be

Stereotypes kill

Emmitt Till was proof

Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice

Never made it out of youth

Forgive them father

They don't care what they've done

It's getting harder

Can't ignore the smoking gun anymore

The system is broken and no one will admit it

The words left unspoken can fill up the Pacific

Cause everyone's scared to be honest

Why can't we be honest

I'm sick of the propaganda

Don't tell me to get over it

I'm tired of the media slander

Vilifying the innocent

They didn't deserve to die

Too many mothers are asking why

The silence is deafening

This is a war

Ignoring it won't make it better

Can't run from the truth forever

Forgive them father

They don't care what they've done

It's getting harder

Can't ignore the smoking gun

The system is broken and no one will admit it

The words left unspoken can do nothing to fix

Cause everyone's scared to be honest

It's time to be honest