There were Black bodies floating in the streets today
The media was so surprised
The national guard was off at war
The city should have been evacuated days before
What was left was the price to pay
And the price to pay
Was the black bodies floating in the streets
There were hospitals filling to the brim today
With the water and the desperate hands
The propaganda spread so quick
Claiming murders and rapes
But it was bullshit
And the warming ocean swayed
The ocean swayed
And there were hospitals filling to the brim
There were Black bodies floating in the streets today
And folks came rushing down
With boats and vans like a stroke of luck
But FEMA turned em back with folks still stuck
And they we're up on their rooves for days
And weeks grew from those days
And there were Black bodies floating in the streets
There were people hanging their heads today
Crying out of desperate rage
Who can we blame for the flooded streets
Why was the evacuation incomplete?
So many things left to say
There was so much left to say
And there were people hanging their heads
There were black bodies floating in the streets today
They said the city's gotten outta hand
People taking water and clothes and shoes
Some taking medicine and food
Because relief was far away
Because relief was kept away
And there were black bodies floating in the streets
There was water rushing in through the cracks today
Then the whole thing just came down
Maybe cuz the calls were all ignored
When people said that the levees should be re-enforced
They said for now it'll be ok
And back then it seemed ok
But there was water rushing in through the cracks
There were black bodies floating in the streets today
Canary's in the mine
The politicians played politics
Seems they forgot that a storm had hit
They said the looters are getting away
But some of em' didn't get away
And there black bodies floating in the streets
There were thousands in the stadium seats today
Waiting for a rescue crew
Maybe cuz they didn't think the levee'd bust
Maybe cuz the temperature's going up
But they didn't get away
Or they couldn't get away
And there were thousands in the stadium seats
There were black bodies floating in the streets today
Is it a sign of things to come?
Maybe cuz they thought the city's be prepared
Maybe cuz we've done something to the air
The water rose and the walls gave way
The walls gave way
And there were black bodies floating in the st
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