We Keep Each Other Safe Lyrics

It's not enough to be not racist

We gotta be anti-racist

And link up with the millions of people of color longing to be free

From this culture of death

Our white ancestors left

Find our humanity

And then get rid of the cop on the block

Get rid of the cop in our head and our heart

We'll be so much better off

When we keep each other safe

Now imagine this

Somebody breaks in your house and they steal your stuff

Cause they needed money to feed their kids and they can't find a job

So a community safety team

Finds out what they need

And they help them find a good job

And they apologize and pay you back every cent

We can get rid of the cop on the block

Get rid of the cop in our head and our heart

We'll be so much better off

When we keep each other safe

Does this sound totally impossible?

Like a science fiction dream

Well that's what they said about slavery and ending Jim Crow

The institutions our ancestors made

Can be un-made if we make it so!

And we get rid of the cop on the block

Get rid of the cop in our head and our heart

We'll be so much better off

When we keep each other safe

And we get rid of the cop on the block

Get rid of the cop in our head and our heart

We'll be so much better off

When we keep each other safe