Riot for Me Songtext
von Burden

What if I was on my knees and executed by police?
What if I was bein′ choked, and they knew that I couldn't breathe?
If I was in the cop car, and was killed in the backseat
With hands cuffed and locked behind me, y′all ain't losin' any sleep

Ain′t nobody ′bout to riot for me, and that's a fact
Ain′t no protests, with signs for me, 'cause I ain′t black
Ain't no hashtags online for me, or fightin′ back
Ain't nobody 'bout to riot for me
Bet y′all don′t riot for me

Ain't it demonic how the news makes a piece of shit look iconic?
How ironic, if the ratings go up, so does the profits
You can change the station, but they′re readin' from the same script
White Man Gunned Down By Police, ain′t nobody play that clip

Heh, no one gave a shit, I won't get no famous case
I won′t get no downtown monument, where they paint my face
I won't get no NFL jersey spot, that say my name
Oh, that's right, since I′m white, the situation ain′t the same


Black lives matter, Asian lives matter, Spanish lives matter
Ain't allowed to say, "Caucasian lives matter", why?
That don′t fit the narrative, that won't mean equality
Truth, in the mainstream media, that′s mythology

They been usin' my people, your people, good people, poor people
Either we wake up, or they gon′ keep on usin' more people
I tried to warn people, supply 'em the truth
If the victim was me, y′all wouldn′t riot and loot

What if I was on my knees, and executed by police?
What if I was being choked, and they knew that I couldn't breathe?
If I was in the cop car, and was killed in the backseat
With hands cuffed and locked behind me, y′all ain't losin′ any sleep

Ain't nobody ′bout to riot for me, and that's a fact
Ain't no protests, with signs for me, ′cause I ain′t black
Ain't no hashtags online for me, or fightin′ back
Ain't nobody ′bout to riot for me
Bet y'all don′t riot for me

Uh-unh, this is so exhausting, way the news talkin'
It's like black folks only ones that in coffins, shit
Black on black ain′t a tradegy, huh?
Guess news cameras ran out of batteries, huh?
Live by the gun, die by the gun
When it happens in the hood, y′all ain't sayin nu′n


But soon as that trigger finger white
Y'all be tearin shit up, on the same night
Say I ain′t right, say I ain't white
Let′s say that I'm black
Get pulled over, try to run away and scrap
Reachin' for the strap, but he get it first
So I slug em′ in the face, at the same time that it bursts

Now, I′m just another reason to write a name on a shirt
When the truth is, I just got what I deserved
When you playin' dumb games, then you win a dumb prize
′Less it's whites killin′ blacks, they don't give a fuck who dies

When you gonna realize, they just tryin′ to divide us?
Red, white, and blue, it's the colors that unite us
Gettin' sick and tired of the lootin′ and the riots
When the truth is, if I was dead, then y′all be dead silent

What if I was on my knees, and executed by police?
What if I was being choked, and they knew that I couldn't breathe?
If I was in the cop car, and was killed in the backseat
With hands cuffed and locked behind me, y′all ain't losin′ any sleep

Ain't nobody ′bout to riot for me, and that's a fact
Ain't no protests, with signs for me, ′cause I ain′t black
Ain't no hashtags online for me, or fightin′ back
Ain't nobody ′bout to riot for me
Bet y'all don′t riot for me