Minnesota Burning

Why did they let Minnesota burn
 Only slumlords let the building burn
 You see a riot
 But don't see the concern
 Turn off the water
 Let the world see it
 Why did they let Minnesota burn
 Only slumlords let the building burn
 State to state police taking turns
 They fuel the rage and let the cities burn
 Burn
 Burn baby burn
 Burn
 Burn baby burn
 You see a riot
 But don't see the concern
 Turn off the water
 Let the world see it
 First time in Minnesota got arrested
 Second time back got arrested again
 Was too invested in new intentions to heed the message
 A new resident refining my educational lense
 Somehow a first-hand witness to dirty business on the inside
 Arresting officers omitted information they claim got lost
 They tried to John Doe me
 Like they ain't know my name
 That's when my signal started smoking
 For filming protests got shot at and pepper-sprayed
 They tried to add some charges
 They got dropped I walked away
 All on my first day and I stayed
 It took me a while to realize what I'd done
 Till I left and when I came back they said
 Go back where you're from
 While smiling
 On some Minnesota nice shhh
 How many times I almost got killed by the ops
 I stopped counting
 That's why we're standing on the pavement
 Fists up it's time to talk about some changes
 Why did they let Minnesota burn
 Only slumlords let the building burn
 State to state police taking turns
 They fuel the rage and let the cities burn
 Burn
 Burn baby burn
 Burn
 Burn baby burn
 You see a riot
 But don't see the concern
 Turn off the water
 Let the world see it
 We start to feel that we shouldn't be there
 It's in the sign but the message wasn't clear
 They hold up a welcome message
 Then introduce mental bondage
 Some things can't be patched with bandage
 Some pain cant go mis-managed
 While I dictate heat to these christian beats
 They move feet in these streets protesting the beast
 Somebody send that water to Flint
 Cause right here we don't need that shhh
 It didn't start with knee on a neck
 It was a spark after the disrespect
 The redlines should have marked reparation
 We now know the plot slave nation
 That's why we standing on this pavement
 Fists up its time to talk about some changes
 Why did they let Minnesota burn
 Only slumlords let the building burn
 State to state police taking turns
 They fuel the rage and let the cities burn
 Burn
 Burn baby burn
 Burn
 Burn baby burn
 You see a riot
 But don't see the concern
 Turn off the water
 Let the world see it
 Why did they let Minnesota burn
 Only slumlords let the building burn
 State to state police taking turns
 They fuel the rage and let the cities burn
 Burn
 Burn baby burn
 Burn
 Burn baby burn
 You see a riot
 But don't see the concern
 Turn off the water
 Let the world see it