Did ya hear what the police did?
Short and killed the neighbor's kid,
an unarmed woman shot down four or five times.
And I lived right across the street -
had to let it all sink in.
Because when the evidence is shaky
and they lose the video tape,
call your mom and tell her you're the biggest drug dealer in the state.
That's not quite the way I'd like to go.
How do I sing this to a black family?
How do I sing this to a white family?
Same ol' song got sung to me.
They murdered all your leaders and took away your guns
and then you got some thugs for leaders and gave you back your guns -
What do you expect?
And all I ever wanted was for us to get along -
now we can't get along.
And all you ever wanted was for us to get along,
and now we can't get along.
Is that what you wanted, 'cause it ain't what I wanted