Marvin Used To Say

[Intro]
Police killing my brother in the street
No justice no peace
Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh

[Verse 1]
They said the world is changing
It ain't for the better
Wonder if God left us hanging
Feels like he ain't been providing no shelter
For this stormy weather we been facing
(Oh what's going on)
We still ain't got answers
Since Marvin asked a long time ago
Oh, what's going on
I wanna know

[Pre-Chorus]
Who de we run to?
And who do we call on?
What's the use of still saying prayers
If deaf ears, they fall on
(You want to believe)
Wanna believe there's a bеtter place
When it's all said and donе
The key is to keep the faith
For our race to be won
Raise me up a song

[Chorus]
What's going on, oh oh
(Oh, what's going on?)
I remember
Marvin used to say
Somebody tell me
(Oh, what's going on?)
I gotta know
Marvin used to say, Marvin used to say
(Oh, what's going on?)
Tell me, tell me
(Oh, what's going on?)
What's going on? What's going on?

[Verse 2]
Seems like from birth I was cursed
With a guilty complexion
Can't even walk the street in peace
Without the fear of been arrested
Now the community is divided
We dying by thousands from this virus
Cities in shamble, riots
Like Marvin used to say
What's going on? What's going on?

[Pre-Chorus]
Who de we run to?
And who do we call on?
What's the use of still saying prayers
If deaf ears, they fall on
(You want to believe)
Wanna believe there's a better place
When it's all said and done
The key is to keep the faith
For our race to be won
Raise me up a song

[Chorus]
What's going on, oh oh
(Oh, what's going on?)
Marvin used to say
Somebody tell me
(Oh, what's going on?)
I got, I gotta know, oh
Mama played the song as a young boy I was singing along
(Oh, what's going on?)
Marvin used to say
Tell me, tell me
What's going on?
(Oh, what's going on?)
What's going on? What's going on?

[Bridge]
Marvin used to also say
Save the children, save the babies
So a message to the youth
The future lies in your hands
To the fight of injustice is one
We are one

[Outro]
To Tamika Mallory and Rashad Robinson
Keep pushing on (Keep pushing on)
Jumaane Williams, Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi
We are not alone (Oh no no)
Angela Rye (My sister), Patrisse Cullors, my brother Mysonne (My brother keep fighting)
Keep fighting, oh oh oh
Keep marching on (Marching on)
Brother Benet, keep teaching on
Rizza Islam, keep living on
Trae the Truth keep fighting for the struggle
David banner keep fighting for the struggle
Keep keep, keep keep, keep keep, keep keep
Oh keep fighting on

[Spoken Words Outro: Tamika Mallory]
Charge the cops, do your job
Do what you seem this country is supposed to be about the land of the free for all
It is not been free for black people
And we are tired
Don't talk to us about looting
Y'all are the looters
America has alooting black people
America looted the native Americans when they first came here
So looting is what you do, we learned it from you
We learned violence from you
We learned violence from you
So violence was what we learn from you
So if you want us to do better
Then dammit, you do better
You do better
You do better
You do better
You do better
You do better
You do better