Home Lyrics - Shemy

McKenzie: [Intro vocalizations] 

Shemy: 

Judge my heart, not my mind 

you ain't know me, just wait in line 

In that city where kids are dying 

if it's not from the lead in the water 

it's the lead from the nine 

To save a generation I would give my life 

give those who don't even have a chance no more 

to grow up to be doctors and save my life 

It's mass genocide so they can't be white 

And I thought clean water was a human right 

not according to Nestlé 

Guess you gotta pay for that BPA 

bottled during the drop in CA 

I see capitalism alive and well 

while my friends and family been living in Hell 

Rick Snyder helped poison Flint 

but when your dad rich you don't go to jail 

and when your dad rich you don't give a shit 

about socioeconomic statuses 

unless you benefit from them tax breaks 

and the one percent receive accolades 

When my grandfather worked five to five 

in General Motors for twenty-five 

just to take a buy-out in oh-five 

and still worked hard 'till the day he died 

Now you're telling me that's the American Dream? 

And my kids can be anything 

if they go to college for a hundred thousand 

and never live a day out debt-free? 

Sounds shitty. We don't want pity. 

All we ask for is a fair chance 

Equal education for everybody 

and a drinking fountain with no lead 

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McKenzie (hook): 

Treat my city like you treat your daughters 

and treat my people like you treat your dollars 

Everybody singing [exclamation] 

living life in strife from day-to-day 

Everybody singing [exclamation] 

You better treat my city like a home 

Shemy: 

Media will pursuade us 

to think politicians can save us 

"Make America great again" 

by dividing up all of the races 

Religions to social classes 

as if that's all that matters 

Like we aren't all human 

dealing with different circumstances 

Let me paint you a picture so vivid 

that you have no choice to see what's in front of you 

Regardless what God you believe in 

what country you come from 

I love every one of you 

'Cause I see a son in you 

a brother, a mother, a father, a cousin who 

just wanna live free in peace 

There's war in the streets and war in the Middle East 

Still I see no changes; just racists 

We get our news threads with hotheads 

and argue over what separates us 

Hatred is perpetuating 

Privilege is segregating 

The police pepper-spraying 

at peaceful demonstrations! [McKenzie: Vocalizations] 

We see infomercials from across the globe 

that can't drink the water (can't drink the water) 

then it hits home 

Our youth's poisoned, our IQs are lowered 

Futures shattered in a city where hope is already broken 

'course they tell us: "don't politicize it." 

While state employees drank clean water, citizens were dying 

Now celebs visit and donate 

We throw concerts and fundraise 

But before water was ruining lives 

it was strays from the AK 

I just hope y'all don't forget 

when Flint's no longer trending on Twitter 

'cause even when wounds are no longer visible 

people with scars will always remember 

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Damon McKenzie (hook): 

Treat my city like you treat your daughters 

and treat my people like you treat your dollars 

Everybody singing [exclamation] 

living life in strife from day-to-day 

Everybody singing [exclamation] 

You better treat my city like a home 

[Vocalizations]