Call It What It Is Lyrics - Call It What It Is - Ben Harper

They shot him in the back 

now it's a crime to be black 

so don't act surprised 

when it gets vandalized 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

murder 

There's good cops 

bad cops 

white cops 

black cops 

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Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

murder 

Trayvon Martin 

Ezell Ford 

Michael Brown 

and so many more 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

murder 

murder 

Photos 

Government 

ain't easy 

policing 

ain't easy 

hard times 

ain't easy 

oppression 

ain't easy 

racism 

ain't easy 

fear 

ain't easy 

suffering 

ain't easy 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

murder 

murder 

Gun control 

mind control 

self-control 

we've dug ourselves a hole 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

murder 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

murder 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is 

Call it what it is