Lyrics
SUSPICIOUS BY QUEEN MAKEDAH 4.12.12
Verse 1:
He caalled 911
Said a young black man looked suspicious
‘Roamin/perusin’ his neighba- h o o d’
Black hoodie on cain’t up to no good
Verse 2:
Said I’ll get my gun and investigate
What’s his kind doin’ round here so late
Drug and gang we don’t tolerate
Cain’t let another one get awaayaay
Chorus: Suspicious, Suspicious (Ooh’s he was, ooh he was suspicious)
Verse 3:
Later (dat night) ‘nother call came in
Dis time was d’young man girlfriend
Said strange white man followin’ my man
Can you help him officer, he’s a good citizen
Verse:
She told him to run but he said he won’t
Said ‘ain’t done nothin’ wrong’
Just a black man tryin’ to get home’
Why can’t dem leave us alone!
[Oh hooo suspicious/Was it the clothes he was wearin’?ooh/Was it his black skin?/Made you so afraid of him?]
Verse 4:
Two strangers shadow boxing in the dark
First we heard a scream den a shot
[But when the gun went off d’screamin’ stopped]
Den D’white man was on top
No no hurt dat’s what we told the cops
Verse 5:
Another black son shot down in streets
Of Babylon but wasn’t guilty
No one has the right to take an innocent life
You know it ain’t right!
Vamp:
If you think Jim Crow is dead and gone
Betta think again cuz it’s still going on
As long as a black man can’t walk without persecution
Because the color of his skin gonna be a revolution
Police brutality, stand your ground nonsense
Just another name for a modern day lynchin’
All life snatcha’s need to be incarcerated
Feel what it's like for a life to be wasted
Ad Libs:
Could’ve been a teacha, doctor or a lawyer,
Maybe another Malcolm, Marcus or Martin Luther
Took a momma’s son and he’ll be sorely missed,
Like a hole in d’heart, they will never ever ever ever forget
(Chorus)
