Courtney Kelly - Never Surrender Lyrics

Never surrender
Never stop fighting
Stay ten toes down
But never stay down
You know we ten toes down
But never stay down
You know I'm ten toes down for my people
This world is evil
Never surrender
Never stop fighting
Stay ten toes down
But never stay down
You know we ten toes down
But never stay down
You know I'm ten toes down for my people

Them toes tags is adding up
New baggage on me everyday yeah bag it up
This ain't what I bargained for
Ain't what Martin marchin' for
Now is it?
Cause they still don't believe us even
When the footage back it up
And I can't even count
No I just can't imagine
All of us they killed
When we couldn't film what was happening
Strong black woman so I hate being vulnerable
But I can't even eat
Cause I can't get what I'm hungry for
I don't want no fries I want freedom
Want my people all alive
Not no hashtags to retweet 'em
I can't focus on my job nah
Not at the the work at hand
Cause it's another black man
Dead at the white man's hand
And it ain't gettin' out hand
It's been out hand
Been out of pocket
All on the TL hard to watch it
Cause that was somebody's son
That was somebody's daughter
That was somebody's
Sister, brother, mother, father

Never surrender
Never stop fighting
Stay ten toes down
But never stay down
You know we ten toes down
But never stay down
You know I'm ten toes down for my people
This world is evil
Never surrender
Never stop fighting
Stay ten toes down
But never stay down
You know we ten toes down
But never stay down
You know I'm ten toes down for my people

Lift every voice
Lift every fist
Black is so beautiful
Black is a gift
They hate us cause they ain't us
But we fine art
No matter how they paint us
This world they love it was built off oppression
On the backs
From the blood and sweat of my ancestors
To keep it two Virgil's probably not getting reparations
Cause twelve hundred dollars
Cause of Covid can't placate us
So, at this point I want a truth telling nation
Cause land of the free that's a lie
And ain't nothing ever Gucci if my people gotta die
Forget Gucci, forget Louie
I don't care about the looting
I don't care about no Target
If my people still a target, yeah
Broken glass for all the brokenhearted, uh
Look what you started
But trust me we gone finish it
Cause Black skin shine so bright
Can't none diminish it

Never surrender
Never stop fighting
Stay ten toes down
But never stay down
You know we ten toes down
But never stay down
You know I'm ten toes down for my people
This world is evil
Never surrender
Never stop fighting
Stay ten toes down
But never stay down
You know we ten toes down
But never stay down
You know I'm ten toes down for my people

Cause Black skin shine so bright
Look at it glistening
Black skin shine so bright
Can't none diminish it
Black skin shine so bright
Look at it glistening
Black skin shine so bright
Can't none diminish it, yeah

Never surrender
Never stop fighting
Never stay down