Bennett Roth - Vicious Cycle Lyrics

This is how the story is ran
White woman threatened by existence of black man
What possesses her to verbally attack that man?
Then have to forcibly emphasize he's African
American shouting at nine one one on the line
Who can he call when nine one one is doing the crime?
No remorse for those Amy Cooper's and Barbecue Becky's
Y'all a significant part of the problem already
Can't dine while black, can't drive while black
Police seem to think it's wrong to be alive while black
So I'll use my white complexion to start intervening
If I was in Minneapolis and ran up on that officer
Would George Floyd still be here today breathing
Systemic oppression's got the whole world seething
I feel like in order to see a change of reality
It's gonna take a cop to stop the cop committing the brutality
Let's be mindful, time is vital
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
It's survival, we won't be stifled
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
Let's go viral, jump all of the hurdles
Bring the protests, now we coming full circle
Love's arrival, the people's revival
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
Change will be made as we unify together
Fighting for the same cause as Medgar for Evers
Rosa was fed up, Parks herself at the front of the bus
And makes it clear that enough is enough
That's the stand we take today, equality we seek the outcome
Drawing a big X over injustice like Malcolm
Continue the dream of Martin Luther King
Black lives must matter, those words shall truly ring
Through the streets of our community, here's the opportunity
To defund the police, dismantle their immunity
The youth in real time out here making a future
With a three-point shooter turned civil rights mover
Marches through the UK, Germany, and Canada
And plenty more fighting like Angela and the Panthers
Knocking this system down, wall by wall
There will never be a curfew on love for all
Let's be mindful, time is vital
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
It's survival, we won't be stifled
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
Let's be mindful, time is vital
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
Love's arrival, the people's revival
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle

This is how the story is ran
White woman threatened by existence of black man
What possesses her to verbally attack that man?
Then have to forcibly emphasize he's African
American shouting at nine one one on the line
Who can he call when nine one one is doing the crime?
No remorse for those Amy Cooper's and Barbecue Becky's
Y'all a significant part of the problem already
Can't dine while black, can't drive while black
Police seem to think it's wrong to be alive while black
So I'll use my white complexion to start intervening
If I was in Minneapolis and ran up on that officer
Would George Floyd still be here today breathing
Systemic oppression's got the whole world seething
I feel like in order to see a change of reality
It's gonna take a cop to stop the cop committing the brutality
Let's be mindful, time is vital
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
It's survival, we won't be stifled
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
Let's go viral, jump all of the hurdles
Bring the protests, now we coming full circle
Love's arrival, the people's revival
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
Change will be made as we unify together
Fighting for the same cause as Medgar for Evers
Rosa was fed up, Parks herself at the front of the bus
And makes it clear that enough is enough
That's the stand we take today, equality we seek the outcome
Drawing a big X over injustice like Malcolm
Continue the dream of Martin Luther King
Black lives must matter, those words shall truly ring
Through the streets of our community, here's the opportunity
To defund the police, dismantle their immunity
The youth in real time out here making a future
With a three-point shooter turned civil rights mover
Marches through the UK, Germany, and Canada
And plenty more fighting like Angela and the Panthers
Knocking this system down, wall by wall
There will never be a curfew on love for all
Let's be mindful, time is vital
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
It's survival, we won't be stifled
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
Let's be mindful, time is vital
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle
Love's arrival, the people's revival
Gotta get ourselves out of this vicious cycle