My country tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
Don’t care much a-bout me
We got burned.

Fought for this coun-try
From sea to shin-ing sea
Come home to brut-tality
We’ve been burned.

No jobs, no place to sleep
Vets live in pover-ty…second
Class in this soc-iety
We’ re still burned

We got burned (X4)

Ancestors stowed away
3/5th man on display
Could do noth-in’ but pray
We got burned.

Hard work, un-equal pay
Jim Crow laws underway
Ra-ci-sm ruled the day
We’ve been burned.

Flint wat-er (still) runnin’ gray…Bre
Ona’s jus-tice delayed
Rep-ar-rations no way
We’ re still burned

We got burned (X8)

African-American; Negro; Colored, Black
Given diff’rent names; you can have ‘em back
Christian first; not an average guy
Brother of the King; re-born of the Most High.

I wasn’t made for you; I’m not a slave to you
Pledge allegiance, but that don’t mean I belong to you
Acknowledgment of my freedom wasn’t easily done
1865 til 2021.

Kaperick said it, and he didn’t regret it
Then we all got involved, so that you won’t forget it
My black face; melanin race; and rooted base was God’s grace
So to Him alone, I’m in-debted.

Yet and still the struggle is real, so tell me how does it feel
Knowing that your faults, time will reveal?
And the day will come, when you fi-na-lly will learn
We’re tired...of…being…burned.

No justice; no peace
Injustice must cease…We’d rather
Fight, than die on our knees
We’re tired of being burned…We

Bleed the same, we exclaim
We’re all saved by His Name
Je-sus Christ, we proclaim
Fear no burn

Hands raised high, celebrate
Cold hearts re-generate
Joyful noise, elevate
It’s our turn

Just respect we’ve earned
Dig-ni-ty, re-turned
For what’s right, we’ve yearned
No more of being burned.

We got burned (X16)