DEMO: LIVING IN FEAR is a protest song over racial inequality. My vocals are flat but my songs are phat!
LIVING IN FEAR
WORDS AND MUSIC BY FRANKLIN COLLETTA 2024
We were rowdy white kids
Got hassled a lot
But not like these black dudes
Didn’t wind up shot
No matter what we’ve done
Throughout our history
Never saw white men
Hung from any trees
You don’t look like me
But, it’s still unclear
Why you travel the road of life
Living in fear
Day after day
Year after year
Profiled!
Living in fear
Never
Should have happened here
Reverend King predicted
Change is gonna come
But some resisted
We gotta keep ‘em dumb
Give them the same breaks
As you gave to me
Cream rises, sure as the sun does
Time to let it be
White, black and in-between
Our hearts are the same
But a racist society
Is what we became
Imagine (Spoken) – Day after day
Year after year
Profiled!
Living in fear
Never
Should have happened here
Let’s Fix it!
Words and Music by Franklin Colletta
Copyright © 2024 COLLETTA PUBLISHING. All Rights Reserved.
ASCAP # 926523102
BMI # 01254778227