Stop The Hatred

Rain love on me

Open up your eyes and finally see

My grandma passed away at the top of last year

At the funeral drowning cause I couldn’t hold back tears

But after all that’s happened this past year

Part of me sees grace in the fact that she’s not here

As a grandson this statement’s a fact

No elderly should ever be victim of such a heinous attack

Prey on the weak only cowards would take advantage of that

No more staying meek it’s time to take a stand and react

A simple trip to the market thought the streets were safe

Turned targets I speak up for my people’s sake

From this pandemic I’m hopeful that we’ll see escape

Until then love’s the only vaccine for hate

Now when my folks leave the house it’s quite the norm

My mind’s flooded with thoughts of what might go wrong

Truthfully I wish I didn't have to write this song

But it’s only right I recite it since this mic is on

What if we went a little bit out of our way to stop the hatred

(Imagine that)

Stop the hatred

What if we took a little time out of our day to stop the hatred

(Could it be)

Stop the hatred

Rain love on me

He cold like Antarctica

It don’t matter if you black and white says the man in the mirror

The squad’s facing the terror

I’m talking mother father sister brother grandma and grandpapa

All doomed cause of skin color

Paranoid like my mind playing tricks on this ghetto boy

So I gotta scream for my mama like I’m George Floyd

Now I’m all in linen like John imagining

But he ain’t give peace a chance he took 8 lives with him

Where the love go still unanswered

Politicians they be flipping Gabby Douglas

Divide so they can conquer then they chain our ancestors

Come together like the Beatles remastered

What if we went a little bit out of our way to stop the hatred

(Imagine that)

Stop the hatred

What if we took a little time out of our day to stop the hatred

(Could it be)

Stop the hatred

Rain love on me

It’s new footage every other day every bit of it hard to watch

I’m talking to my son he’s eight listen to your pops

I said don’t fall for the bait the actions of a few

Don’t reflect the nature of an entire race

Maybe the past is full of lessons but we missed it

History shows indeed tension has existed

Between the two communities but here’s a fact

Beyond colors were humans not just yellow or black

Like Chris Rock I ain’t liberal or conservative inside

I just know the enemy would love to further the divide

Media don’t care how the story is told

They’re more concerned with how the story is sold

Preconceived notions make it harder to see together

There’s much power Rush Hour look at Carter and Lee

Hopefully through dialogue we’ll start to agree

More light for you doesn’t make the world darker for me

Nuh uh

What if we went a little bit out of our way to stop the hatred

(Imagine that)

Stop the hatred

What if we took a little time out of our day to stop the hatred

(Could it be)

Stop the hatred

Rain love on me

Rain love on me

Rain love on me

Open up your eyes and finally see

Rain love on me

Rain love on me

Open up your eyes and finally see

[00:13.757]Rain love on me

[00:16.066]Open up your eyes and finally see

[00:19.101]

[00:20.070]My grandma passed away at the top of last year

[00:22.948]At the funeral drowning cause I couldn’t hold back tears

[00:25.831]But after all that’s happened this past year

[00:28.247]Part of me sees grace in the fact that she’s not here

[00:30.944]As a grandson this statement’s a fact

[00:32.831]No elderly should ever be victim of such a heinous attack

[00:35.805]Prey on the weak only cowards would take advantage of that

[00:38.510]No more staying meek it’s time to take a stand and react

[00:41.046]A simple trip to the market thought the streets were safe

[00:43.598]Turned targets I speak up for my people’s sake

[00:46.189]From this pandemic I’m hopeful that we’ll see escape

[00:48.852]Until then love’s the only vaccine for hate

[00:51.578]Now when my folks leave the house it’s quite the norm

[00:54.060]My mind’s flooded with thoughts of what might go wrong

[00:56.745]Truthfully I wish I didn't have to write this song

[00:59.242]But it’s only right I recite it since this mic is on

[01:02.056]

[01:02.943]What if we went a little bit out of our way to stop the hatred

[01:08.268](Imagine that)

[01:09.387]Stop the hatred

[01:13.354]What if we took a little time out of our day to stop the hatred

[01:18.968](Could it be)

[01:19.667]Stop the hatred

[01:21.533]Rain love on me

[01:22.859]

[01:23.026]He cold like Antarctica

[01:24.399]It don’t matter if you black and white says the man in the mirror

[01:26.823]The squad’s facing the terror

[01:28.367]I’m talking mother father sister brother grandma and grandpapa

[01:31.675]All doomed cause of skin color

[01:33.510]Paranoid like my mind playing tricks on this ghetto boy

[01:36.236]So I gotta scream for my mama like I’m George Floyd

[01:38.885]Now I’m all in linen like John imagining

[01:41.031]But he ain’t give peace a chance he took 8 lives with him

[01:44.067]Where the love go still unanswered

[01:46.817]Politicians they be flipping Gabby Douglas

[01:49.051]Divide so they can conquer then they chain our ancestors

[01:52.172]Come together like the Beatles remastered

[01:54.805]

[01:55.172]What if we went a little bit out of our way to stop the hatred

[02:00.571](Imagine that)

[02:01.418]Stop the hatred

[02:05.613]What if we took a little time out of our day to stop the hatred

[02:10.927](Could it be)

[02:12.003]Stop the hatred

[02:13.711]Rain love on me

[02:14.917]

[02:15.085]It’s new footage every other day every bit of it hard to watch

[02:18.212]I’m talking to my son he’s eight listen to your pops

[02:20.951]I said don’t fall for the bait the actions of a few

[02:23.584]Don’t reflect the nature of an entire race

[02:26.006]Maybe the past is full of lessons but we missed it

[02:28.336]History shows indeed tension has existed

[02:31.078]Between the two communities but here’s a fact

[02:33.371]Beyond colors were humans not just yellow or black

[02:35.846]Like Chris Rock I ain’t liberal or conservative inside

[02:38.656]I just know the enemy would love to further the divide

[02:41.485]Media don’t care how the story is told

[02:43.629]They’re more concerned with how the story is sold

[02:45.799]Preconceived notions make it harder to see together

[02:48.856]There’s much power Rush Hour look at Carter and Lee

[02:51.484]Hopefully through dialogue we’ll start to agree

[02:53.932]More light for you doesn’t make the world darker for me

[02:56.652]Nuh uh

[02:57.572]

[02:57.722]What if we went a little bit out of our way to stop the hatred

[03:03.130](Imagine that)

[03:04.071]Stop the hatred

[03:05.931]What if we took a little time out of our day to stop the hatred

[03:13.623](Could it be)

[03:14.775]Stop the hatred

[03:16.140]Rain love on me

[03:17.855]

[03:18.943]Rain love on me

[03:21.209]Rain love on me

[03:23.880]Open up your eyes and finally see

[03:29.284]Rain love on me

[03:32.109]Rain love on me

[03:34.333]Open up your eyes and finally see