My freedom?
The color of my skin?
Living in freedom from oppression?
Up in flames
My neighborhood
Under the weight of drugs and wayward cops
Lack of fatherly eyes to watch the kids
Up in flames
Sinister ministers don’t tell us the truth
Taking our rent, taking our checks
For a promise we’ll never see
Up in flames
Futures go, windows close
Nobody sees, nobody knows
And we’re told Cardi B is the way to go
Up in flames
My brothers, sisters, they’re dying
My fathers, mothers, ain’t lying
We don’t know where we’re going but
Up in flames
