Benefit of the Doubt

Intro

Heavy thoughts sittin on my chest night and day

Whole world lookin but they ain’t seein my pain

Mama cryin out, screamin at the TV screen

Tryna wrap her mind round what injustice mean

Verse 1

Cold ground under me, hear my mother pray

Three faces in the night, turn my world gray

No questions asked, they just squeeze and claim

A black man breathin 'round here, they say it’s fair game

Neighborhood watch, but they hunt like wolves

Chasin after shadows, givin license to pull

No badge, just a vendetta on display

Tell me what chance a brother got anyway

Chorus

No benefit of the doubt when they see my skin

Guilty from the start, they don’t care who I been

Shot down in the street with no reason or route

But they write me off easy, I get no benefit of the doubt

Verse 2

Ahmad on a morning run, shoes hit the lane

Dreams in his head, but all he found was pain

Whole nation watchin but they split on the truth

Who gets to judge, who gets excused

A country built on laws but they fault when I fall

Hopin somebody feel me, behind all these walls

Name on a shirt, news in a flash

But it fade out quick, then they move on fast

Pre-Chorus

Mama still questionin the meaning of fair

Why justice look different dependin who’s there

History heavy, never evens out

Another man down, another name they doubt

Chorus

No benefit of the doubt when they see my skin

Guilty from the start, they don’t care who I been

Shot down in the street with no reason or route

But they write me off easy, I get no benefit of the doubt