Officers, why do you have your guns out?
Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Song Cycle by Joel Thompson (b. 1988)
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1. Officers, why do you have your guns out?  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. (d. 2011)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. What are you following me for?  [sung text checked 1 time]
What are you following me for?
Authorship:
- by Trayvon Benjamin Martin (1995 - 2012)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. Mom, I'm going to college  [sung text checked 1 time]
Mom, I'm going to college.
Authorship:
- by Amadou Diallo (1975 - 1999)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]4. I don't have a gun! Stop shooting!  [sung text checked 1 time]
I don't have a gun! Stop shooting!
Authorship:
- by Michael O. D. Brown Jr. (1996 - 2014)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]5. You shot me. You shot me!  [sung text checked 1 time]
You shot me. You shot me!
Authorship:
- by Oscar Grant III (d. 2009)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]6. It's not real  [sung text checked 1 time]
It's not real.
Authorship:
- by John Crawford III (d. 2014)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]7. I can't breathe!  [sung text checked 1 time]
I can't breathe!
Authorship:
- by Eric Garner (1970 - 2014)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]