“Case Logs”
[Intro – Spoken]
Yeah…
Another night behind them walls…
Reading paperwork under dim lights…
Trying to fight for freedom with ink pens and prayers…
This for every black man fighting a system that already judged him…
[Chorus]
These case logs… stacked beside my bed
Late night thoughts running circles in my head
Trying to stay strong while they paint me wrong
Black man fighting just to bring his life back home
These cold walls don’t know my soul
Can’t let this system take control
Lord hear my cry… don’t let me fall
Cause a black man need justice after all
[Verse 1]
Reading motions in the dark with my head low
Trying to understand laws they never taught us though
Every page full of pain, every line full of stress
Fighting for my freedom while the world think less
Judge steady talking but ain’t hearing my side
DA building stories while my mama outside crying
Phone calls short, hope getting thinner
Trying to hold faith while surviving in the system
Ain’t nobody perfect, I done made mistakes
But every black man locked ain’t filled with hate
Some of us just trying to heal and survive
Trying to make it home to our kids alive
[Chorus]
These case logs… stacked beside my bed
Late night thoughts running circles in my head
Trying to stay strong while they paint me wrong
Black man fighting just to bring his life back home
These cold walls don’t know my soul
Can’t let this system take control
Lord hear my cry… don’t let me fall
Cause a black man need justice after all
[Verse 2]
Letters from my woman keep my spirit alive
She telling me hold on, we gon’ survive
Every affidavit, every motion filed
Trying to prove my truth while they judge my style
Can’t sleep at night, mind racing fast
Thinking bout my kids and my troubled past
But pain turned me wise, suffering made me stronger
Every setback only built my hunger
See they quick to label black men as threats
But never talk about the trauma we repress
Never talk about the nights we cried alone
Trying to stay solid while carrying the world on our own
[Bridge – Soulful Singing]
Tell my sons don’t lose they pride
Even when the world don’t see your light
Stand tall through the storm and rain
One day justice gon’ know your name
[Final Chorus – Bigger Emotion]
These case logs… stacked beside my bed
Praying to the Lord while tears fall instead
Trying to stay strong while they paint me wrong
Black man fighting just to make it back home
These cold walls can’t break my soul
God still got His hands in control
And one day truth gon’ stand up tall
Cause a black man deserve justice after all
[Outro – Spoken]
Yeah…
For every brother fighting silent battles…
For every mother waiting on that call…
For every black man trying to be heard…
Keep fighting…
Your story ain’t over…
Music by 2 Sincere
