I need an answer
Location
Oh tell me why
Such a tragedy has foretaken
just like that,
It has left the country shaken
I need an answer
Why did you shoot a poor boy?
He didn't carry a gun
He didn't run
He was far too young
He was destroyed
Was it because of his race?
Because he was black?
He was a boy, he didn't talk back
I need an answer
Nobody's sayin'
Who shot this poor boy
and why? Why was he taken?
He was left in his blood for 12 hours
The riots in the streets
We just want answers
I need an answer
that isn't some feedback
That isn't something none will understand
Something to feed us
To bring us round
Who was the man who shot this boy down?
No one knows his killer, or thinks the victims name
His name was Michael Brown
a boy of 18
who died on the streets that day
And why?
I need an answer
That's all I'm asking
I need an answer, for the one you gave me's lacking.