Hands Up
Ft. Maino & Jay Watts
(Verse: Uncle Murda]
I spit the shit the streets got to feel
Fo' Mike Brown and Sean Bell a cop gotta get killed
Cuz I'm black, police think they got the right to shoot me
No jail fo' them, their punishment is death's duty
They're either killin' us or throwin' us in the cage
Martin Luther King is rollin' ova in his grave
(What happened to the dream?!) Time to start killin' these
If Malcolm X was alive, he'll be next to me with them choppers
(At the window) By any means necessary lets make em respect us
These cocksuckers supposed to protect us
Killin' unarmed black men, makin' mothers holla
And this what the government payin' with our tax dollars?!
(Crazy!) All these unjustified shootins
Then they call us animals when we start lootin'
Those kids ain't had no gun and the police knew it
Jay need to talk to Obama or let me do it!
(Hook)
My hands up!
Dun' feel like they just don't understand us
Gotta stay strong, hold on, keep our heads up!
Officer, please, don't shoot! Cuz our hands up
My hands up, my hands up!
(Verse 2: Maino)
Look how they do us, they're gunnin' us down
Put yo foot inside my shoes, been runnin' fo' miles
Who can we call, we alone, who holdin' us down (nobody)
My lil homie told me he ready to ride
Ferguson on his mind, he ready to fire
Starin' at a cop who got death in his eyes
He want to kill me, I can tell
Someone's head's in the sky
I'm stressin' so I'm grabbin' my Mac-11
Told my mamma I'm a end up on Channel 11
Leavin' in a box or they'll take me away
Put away my Glock and I bought me a k
Black boys runnin' from white cops
Who are they to determine just if our life stops"
Please yo honor, tell me if I'm a goner!
I can't breath, they're chokin' me, words from Eric Garner
Ya know this shit just ain't right (it ain't)
My son ask me this mornin', daddy, we safe, right?! (I know)
How the fuck I will tell him we ain't got the same rights
They put our babies in coffins, this shit just ain't right!
(Hook)
My hands up!
Dun' feel like they just don't understand us
Gotta stay strong, hold on, keep our heads up!
Officer, please, don't shoot! Cuz our hands up
My hands up, my hands up!
(Outro)
They don't even read us our rights (my hands up)
They don't got to pay fo' takin' a life (my hands up)
It's like, even if they're wrong, they're right (my hands up!)
My hands up, my hands up!!!