Key: D
Introduction:
D
Shakara showed up to class
Bm
She pulled out her mobile phone
F#m D
It's the one thing that she owns to keep her no
She's an orphan now
Bm
She just moved to a foster home
F#m
That phone keeps her connected
A
She's gonna keep that shit protected
Bm
The teacher said get out of the class
Come on can I stay?
Bm
To his shame, he said the calls been made
Gm
I hear footsteps sounding eager
A
Of a cop that's about to beat her
D
Now I am all...
A
I am all for the good fight
And if the cops roll by
Bm
Throw a peace sign
G
Say hey baby have a good night
D
I am all for the good fight
And if the cops roll by
A
Let the colors go blind
Say hey the kids
Bm D
Hey hey the kids are alright
Officers slam came and threw
Bm
Shakara backwards against the wall
F#m
I mean he flipped her just like a rag doll and broke her arm
D
Tossed her across that room
Bm
Face down on the deck
F#m A-Let
He puts his hands around a 16 year old girls neck
D
Now I am all...
A
I am all for the good fight
And if the cops roll by
Bm
Throw a peace sign
G
Say hey baby have a good night
D
I am all for the good fight
And if the cops roll by
A
Let the colors go blind
Say hey the kids
Bm D A Bm
Hey hey the kids are alright, ooooh
G D A Bm
All the kids are alright, ooooh
G D-
All the kids are alright
Bm
It's alot to take in...
I'll keep it simple, here
D
And on the classroom floor...
There's a little blood splatter
A
Why's it so hard to say Black Lives Matter?
F#m
Doesn't mean that you're anti-white
G
Take it from me, I'm super fucking white
D A
And on the tele, hey that's Niya Kenny
F#m
On The Kelly File, saying Fox News Corps is proud of you
G
You're the girl that stood back to a brutal attack
D
Come do a victory lap, come get a clap on the back
A
Hey I fooled you, that never really happened
F#m G
I mean come on, could you imagine? Come on
D
So I take it in my hands
F#m
I talk about this shit in my rock band
G
And I got black fans, and I got fans with sun tans
A -Let ring
D
Say I am all...
A
I am all for the good fight
And if the cops roll by
Bm
Throw a peace sign
G
Say hey baby have a good night
D
I am all for the good fight
And if the cops roll by
A
Let the colors go blind
Say hey the kids
Bm D A Bm
Hey hey the kids are alright, ooooh
G D A Bm
All the kids are alright, ooooh
G D-
All the kids are alright