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=Key Lyrics=
 
=Key Lyrics=
''White kids are brought in alive
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''White kids are brought in alive''
  
Black kids get hit with like five
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''Black kids get hit with like five''
  
Get scared, you panic, you’re goin’ down
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''Get scared, you panic, you’re goin’ down''
  
The disadvantages of the brown
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''The disadvantages of the brown''
  
How in the hell the parents gon’ bury their own kids, not the other way around?
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''How in the hell the parents gon’ bury their own kids, not the other way around?''
  
Reminds me of Emmett Till
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''Reminds me of Emmett Till''
  
Let’s remind ’em why Kap kneels''
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''Let’s remind ’em why Kap kneels''
  
 
=Black Empowerment=
 
=Black Empowerment=
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=References=
 
=References=
 
{{reflist}}
 
{{reflist}}
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[[Category: Anti-Black Racism in Song Lyrics]]
 
[[Category: Anti-Black Racism in Song Lyrics]]

Revision as of 07:04, 8 January 2021

Cops Shot the Kid Cover
Nas

Key Lyrics

White kids are brought in alive

Black kids get hit with like five

Get scared, you panic, you’re goin’ down

The disadvantages of the brown

How in the hell the parents gon’ bury their own kids, not the other way around?

Reminds me of Emmett Till

Let’s remind ’em why Kap kneels

Black Empowerment

References