Mike City - The Black Man by MikeCityMusic published on 2020-06-02T20:16:30Z The Black Man by Mike City Lyrics (1st verse) Captured and stolen from the motherland Assisted by some who look like us (slavery) Built a new land with our bare hands For demons who claimed to be righteous (you heard me) Kept us in line with their guns and Raped our women right in front of us (savages) All the while massa ate like a king And left behind the scraps for each and every one of us (foul) Been tryna catch up since we got here Took awhile to prove we didn’t have tails (monkeys) Gotta be twice as good out here Cause we’re the real reason why they have jails (truth) The fear is passed down thru generations They got a problem with our pigmentation (facts) I’m not saying everyone is satan But this the kind of BS awaiting (Hook) The Black Man, the black man, I’m talking bout the black man And woman y’all, all the injustice It keeps happening, every day, different ways And every negro I know, has had it up to here (2nd verse) Having equal rights was never meant to be Knee been in our neck for several centuries (forever) They ran my daddy outta Mississippi Ain’t too much changed since the 60’s (for real) Except we have cameras on the phone now But they still won’t leave us alone now (killing us) We take to the streets without a plan Marching works better for a band (where’s the lie) I’ve met a lot of bruthas in passing Some just getting by some got it made (peace king) Let a cop car come flashing We all tense up the same kind of way (same thing) Cause it could go left pretty fast Even if we’re calm and comply (i ain’t lying) But they took a killer to get a bite After he took 9 lives of (Hook) The Black Man, the black man, I’m talking bout the black man And woman y’all, all the injustice It keeps happening, every day, different ways And every negro I know, has had it up to here No more cheeks to turn for (Hook) The Black Man, the black man, the plight of the black man And woman y’all, no matter what the injustice It keeps happening, every single day And every negro I know, has had it up to here Genre R&B & Soul