Key: F minor
Verse 1
Em
C
Em
All we hear is them, us, them, us,
C
Em
them, us, them, all we hear is
All we hear is them, us, them,
A
C#m
Em
E
all we hear is Why?
A
C
All we hear is them, us,
E
A
E
All we hear is Them
A
Em
All we hear is them, us,
them, us, them, us, them
A
Em
They say poor might be
the new black,
that's tragic as Othello
Primitives used to view blackness
as of the devil
dynasties kept going
A
Em
And in my heart of hearts
C
Em
I feel for those who fought as hard
as they could against oligarchs
And it's time to be God
But once Humpty Dumpty
E
A
What can we do about it?
us, them, us, them
A
Em
All we hear is, damn us,
damn us, damn us, damn
E
C#m
A
E
Em
All we hear is, what?
C
Em
A
E
Oh world, wake up world
A
Em
C
E
As the sun rises beyond the horizon
Em
E
A
I say, oh world, wake up world
E
A
Em
As the line drawn between two sides
A
E
Fades away, fades away
Em
C#m
We realize
C#sus4
C#m
The side we choose
C#m
Nothing to separate us, no one to blame
A
Em
All we hear is them, us,
them, us, them, us, them
E
C#m
E
All we hear is Why?
A
Em
All we hear is them, us,
them, us, them, us, them
E
C#m
A
E
C#m
All we hear is
I inspected my hoodie
to see if it was Trayvon's. After a middle -aged,
told me what he was afraid of, me.
His response to the images he'd
seen on television screens
protect his family
from lawless mobs of black kids.
Em
Take up arms like that FBI informant Richard Aoki
C
Em
told Huey Newton and Bobby Seale,
Take up arms
C
Em
But see, from that point on,
Not freedom, not education,
not employment, not housing,
And now we see them taking
up arms in Ferguson.
who right now looks like
every black or brown kid.
He certainly looks like me.
A
Em
whether or not to blame my
C
Em
doppelgangers for every time
I was stopped by a cop who thought
C
C#m
I was a robber a gangbanger
by a witness
E
A
who would prefer to remain nameless
We've had a disturbance
in the neighborhood.
I was a disturbance to the
I think it's from some neighboring
A
Em
Wonder why I cringe at the word
neighborhood watch
C
Em
when a flip of a switch
E
A
is all it takes for good cops to become
to start screaming
Kill the cops, will it stop?
I say yes when I'm feeling optimistic
is not a given
For some reason
A
Em
All we hear is them, us,
them, us, them, us, them
Hey
A
Em
All we hear is them, us,
them, us, them, us, them
C#m
A
E
C#m
C#sus4
C#
C#m
Why?
C#
C#m
Can we find a way, find a way
E
C#sus4
C#
Can we find a way,
Put it back together
E
C#m
C#
C#m
C#sus4
C#m
Put one finger in the air
B
D#m
E
C#m
We must do better at lov
C#sus4
C#
C#m
ing each other.
E
D#m
E
C#sus4
C#
C#m
We must do better
B
C#
C#m
E
at loving each other.
D#m
C#m
C#
We must do
C#sus4
C#m
ing each other.
We must do better at loving each other.
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