"This Is Why We Kneel"

Music Composed and Copyrighted by Charles Dickerson III

"This Is Why We Kneel"

Music Performed by Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles & Mens Chorus

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The blood of young Black men flows in the streets of America at the hands of officers of the law.

The scene plays time and again: Black men dying in America at the hands of officers of the law.

We cannot just ignore Black men dying in America at the hands of officers of the law.

Our purpose to implore: stop this killing in America at the hands of officers of the law.

This, this, this is why, this is why we kneel.


Violence gets normalized

when Black men are killed in America at the hands of officers of the law.

All lives are jeopardized

when Black men are killed in America at the hands of officers of the law.


So when you disregard our plea to stop this killing in America at the hands of officers of the law,

We respectfully take a knee to stop this killing in America at the hands of officers of the law.

This, this, this is why, this is why we kneel.


For now we heed the cry:

we cannot just stand by and watch as young men die, at the hands of officers of the law.

So when the anthem sounds, together on the ground we offer our appeal.

This is why we kneel.


Stop killing these young boys!

Stop killing these men!

Stop killing these fathers!

Stop killing these children!

This is why we kneel!


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