Call It What It Is - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

They shot him in the back

Now it’s a crime to be black

So don’t act surprised

When it gets vandalized

Call it what it is

Call it what it is

Call it

what it is

Murder

There’s good cops

Bad cops

White cops

Black cops

Call it what it is

Call it what it is

Call it

what it is

Murder

Trevon Martin

Ezel Ford

Michael Brown

And so many many more

But call it what it is

Call it what it is

Call it

what it is

Murder

Government, ain’t easy

policing, ain’t easy

hard times, ain’t easy

Oppression, ain’t easy

racism, ain’t easy

fear, ain’t easy

suffering, ain’t easy

But call it what it is

Call it what it is

Call it

what it is

Murder

Gun control

Mind control

Self-control

We’ve dug ourselves a hole

But call it what it is

Call it what it is

Call it

what it is

Murder

Call it what it is

Call it what it is

Call it

what it is

Murder

Call it what it is

Call it what it is

Call it

what it is