one of two songs released on June 6, 2021 to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Eastside March in Asheboro, NC.
These songs help bring awareness to the issues on why we marched and why we still fight.This is the fourth single from the album, TRIPLE BYPASS: UNDER ANESTHESIA
lyrics
Yo, ok, this world yall
I’ll explain it all to you, just feel this right here.
You work a decade hard to get something
just for one man to say, you ain’t fixing to get nothing
they hold the world in their hands I ain’t even fronting
you just a bug in the circle of life for consumption
emotions flooding, hitting all at once and
you realize it’s a jungle, nothing but the hunting
you yes mam every conversation and discussion
they hit you with the deadlines, so you was always rushing
they only function is to keep you from their function
they chit chat behind your back, call you disgusting
telling themselves you don’t belong in their circumference
make you want to grab the metal and start to dumping
force you to second guess who you was trusting
all those ten years of the dreams cold crushing
ignorance is bliss when we talk about injustice
and CANTSIR is society’s disfunction
so listen up here,
I know a lot of people are concerned with the various
forms of cancer.
But Imma tell you right now, when they say
NO YOU CAN’T SIR
that right there is heart cancer
There’s always one part of the city that’s neglected
it ain’t really pretty but feel me, get the perspective
you can hear me clearly, I’m speaking on the oppression
it’s appearing your hearing not nearly as receptive
as it were if its bout you, but peep the message
in the south racism is a systematic method
on the eastside of my town their not protected
but they getting served and worse than just arrested
the skin tone along make them suspected
thrown to the ground with the full body inspection
live to die just to get dissected
the mountain and the hill of Asheboro so disconnected
this a cancer of the world that’s so infectious
you want investments, you get rejected
you want college lessons, you get rejected
you want to get elected, you get rejected
So when I’m talking about this cancer,
remind yourself that it’s when somebody says
no you CAN’T SIR
And this phrase going to apply to both women and men.
Relying on some man to give you the greenlight and then he says no.
That’s heart cancer, stop you dead in your tracks.
Qualifications can be through the roof
for a company that is needing a recruit
now we kind of starting to seeing what’s the truth
it’s been deep down in our being since a youth
life gives us lemons, so we teething on the fruit
world rarely sweet, hardly seeing any juice
it might not sound like any grievances to you
but everybody is needing a pursuit
instead the police is being in pursuit
actively systematically seeking out a group
armored cars coming in and they meeting on the roof
demanding folks can’t be speaking on the truth
arrest them just for speaking on the root
of the problem that be squeaking on a loop
the melting pot, who you think is feeding on the soup
just look at Graham NC if you needing any proof
Yeah so, the moral of the story is this CANTSIR will stop your heart
dead in your tracks.
You shouldn’t have to rely on another man to give you a greenlight
You shouldn’t have to rely on another man’s go to, another man’s
checklist.
How are we going to change this shit?
Because this no you CANT SIR, is our cancer.
It starts with you.
credits
released June 6, 2021
Written by: T. Brueilly
Produced by: B.Mack
Recorded by: B.Staples at Livewire Studio. Greensboro, NC
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