I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwing away my shot!
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, spunky and angry
And I'm not throwing away my shot!
I know that in the streets they've been yelling and calling
And I know that society’s been bawling and stalling
But we won’t solve anything with all this name calling
Why do they gotta holler just to be heard
If with every word, they drop knowledge!
We gotta do this with our brothers and sisters as a whole
We can reach our goal if we just preach from our heart and soul
Only thirteen but my mind is older
I know that if we want peace we need to get over
Every grude, every disadvantage
We can’t seem to manage, all our anger needs to vanish
To undo all of the damage

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
But man, it's hard to say, so let me spell out the name
I am the
A-L-E-T-H-E-A
I know that we have to be
A society that welcomes almost instantly
And knows that God meant to make us differently
Intentionally, he loves us all evidently
He never made us to judge each other senselessly
No matter who's sittin’ in the house of presidency
Let’s pray that there will still be peace existentially
Don’t you see? (She asks us relentlessly)
Our nation has rarely been completely free
If we wanna be proud we’ll have to wait and see
Eventually, you'll see what we're meant to be!

And I am not throwing' away my shot
I am not throwing' away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, spunky and angry
And I'm not throwing' away my shot
I am not throwing' away my shot
I am not throwing' away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, spunky and angry
And I'm not throwing' away my shot
It's time to use my shot
I know that people are afraid of honesty
They like to ignore the pain and poverty
They say "poverty, poverty? Oh where's poverty?"
They avoid things that are somberly
Like getting shot
Yo, somes' ignorance is tremendous
Well others are spreading awareness(awareness)
I hope that now they'll take a second glance
To socially advance, instead of stuck in a trance (woo)
I'm gonna use my shot
I really hope society will finally see
The faces, the races, of actuality
as you and me
You and I
Do or die
As we rally in wearing medallions
We are more than just rapscallions
Let's use our shot
We only do this cause we feel voiceless
We're just finding peace, that's what our choice is
Freedom is not an afterthought
And this moment is all we've got
Who knows if these thoughts will get us shot

Our words won’t get caught
And you know justice is what we have sought
It’s a war that we’ve fought
So were not just an ink blot