[verse] Let me tell you a something A woman named Renee With Laughter in her eyes And a tendency to pray When her name was heard It was in the vein of good Helping and a singing Keepin’ people safe Her name was Good One fateful day Drivin' in her 'hood She saw something mean In the name of good Saw too many dreams One too many things Through smoke and dust Watchin’ it rust At the start of the day She had something to say In her Good name [chorus] Say her name Renee In her Good name [verse] Now around the bend Some scared little men Beating people’s doors Pushin’ to the floors Screamin', oh so loudly Gettin’ all rowdy Their faith gone rogue Bought and sold Saddled so spastic Wearin' traces Of the fake plastic Mara-Lago faces Now they say her name [chorus] Say her name Renee In her Good name [verse] The Youtube memes The Facebook things Their hittin’ us daily now Slicing all the angles Gettin it tangled how The shit went down But if you go and unravel that knot You know what they forgot? the truth is true its lookin’ at me And it’s lookin’ at you For the grace of love Ah the Gods above Thy kingdom come Thy will be done Here we come [chorus] And we Say her name Renee In her Good name [Bridge] Got some gray in your soul? in a dark place? Keep your head held high Just give it some space [spoken] Yeah don't you recall? Even in a black hole… only light escapes And all i know As my heart elates Man it can't wait a meditative state This is all so fleeting I’ll keep repeating Repeat with me [end bridge] [chorus] And we Say her name Renee In her Good name [verse] Let me tell you a tale A mother one day With something to say True courage, afraid Showed us sacrifice Can never truly be unmade They thought they stopped her Shut her up, shot her one, two, thrice [pause] But to their surprise Straight outta the ICE came another one [pause then drop beat] a wife a sister a brother a son one hundred 1000 10,000 1 million strong Standing at her back Now it's us who are Banging on the doors Sleeping on the floors We never stop It never ends Until the freedom come They kingdom come OUR will be done Until we right the wrong For those who are slain Those who are poor Go to your friends Help them stare Into the sun Eyes up head down Pushin’ everyone along Keep the poise Watch for the boys In camo and masks Pointing their toys Like a buncha cowboys Send their asses home Drive them insane So they face their pain [pause] As for Renee I think she's around Seeping in the cracks Soaking in the ground Planting that seed So we can turn this around Is she the last? This line from our past? It spreads through time Keeping us thinking, like The Abraham Lincolns Crazy horse and those Black church deacons Don't forget, MLK Mr. Evers Mr. Till And Harvey milk as well, John T williams A man named George Floyd And Breonna Taylor So many others Say their names [Outro - break the beat down and build tension as these lines repeat] They won't take my joy I will revel in my rights When they double down on death I will fight for life They won't take my joy I will revel in my rights When they double down on death I will fight for life They won't take my joy I will revel in my rights When they double down on death I will fight for life They won't take my joy I will revel in my rights When they double down on death I will fight for life They won't take my joy I will revel in my rights When they double down on death I will fight for life They won't take my joy I will revel in my rights When they double down on death I will fight for life [Final Refrain – crowd singing all other tracks fade] They won't take my joy I will revel in my rights When they double down on death I will fight for life They won't take my joy I will revel in my rights When they double down on death I will fight for life
