All because I'm black Black, that's my skin My melanin That's how it's always been All because I'm black That's why they treat me different I talk, they don't listen I'm not playin' the victim I gotta say I'm black and I'm proud Say that shit loud Don't ever tell me, "Tone that shit down", yeah All because I'm black Black, that's my skin My melanin That's how it's always been I thank God I'm alive Sick of watchin' my people die Look at how they take a life They go on the record and lie Even though we seen it with our eyes Do we really got a bad voice? I tell our people rise How long will you stand by and act surprised when people riot? Do we gotta bleed? Until it's right in the streets For somebody to notice that we still ain't free How many times you heard it? "I cannot breathe" When we get stopped by police All because I'm black Black, that's my skin My melanin That's how it's always been All because I'm black That's why they treat me different I talk, they don't listen I'm not playin' the victim I gotta say I'm black and I'm proud Say that shit loud Don't ever tell me, "Tone that shit down", yeah All because I'm black Black, that's my skin My melanin That's how it's always been I thank God I'm alive