In the Mourning Lyrics

No more moments of silence
We’ve been quiet for too long
That’s the same as betrayal
More than bare witness
To struggle speak out
Or be complicit
To these fake portrayals
In the D hold you a jazz funeral
March down Woodward in mass numerals

But it's like the levees breaking
They coulda prevented it
Not ya death but the premature event of it
Instead of prepare for the storm
We stare and ignore 'em
Cry in despair and just mourn
I’d rather repair and transform
Recharge your battery pack
But now it's after the fact
So what we want a pat on the back
For the courage and compassion we lacked?
If it stays the same
Your whole life was in vain
Love you in the mourning
By inciting a change

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Invincible mourns two of her city’s fallen heroes, James “J Dilla” Yancey and Deshaun “Proof” Holton

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