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Say His Name DEDICATED TO NOLAN XAVIER WELLS BY QUEEN VISIOANRY ANGELA THOMAS SMITH · DA CREW Podcast

• 0:12
  Speaker 1: Lord, here Mississippi crying We tired But we ain't silent Say.
• 0:24
  Speaker 2: His name Say his name.
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: Darling, welcome gone too soon but never forgotten say his
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: name we want justice we want truth we want answers
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: white privilege will not prevail now while our people still
• 0:47
  Speaker 1: got breath we gonna pray we gonna walk we gonna
• 0:51
  Speaker 1: stand we gonna stand till justice rises from the depths
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: Mama's tears hit the floor like rain Another black family
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: carrying pain They said drowning but the facts cried out
• 1:07
  Speaker 1: Evidence speaking through a buried crowd Mississippi how you sleep
• 1:13
  Speaker 1: at night When truth been knocking and you dim the
• 1:16
  Speaker 1: light A.
• 1:17
  Speaker 2: No bill came but we still believe God sees blood
• 1:22
  Speaker 2: that the courts won't grieve We ain't disposable, we ain't
• 1:27
  Speaker 2: show shame We ain't statistics without a doubt of name
• 1:32
  Speaker 2: Our sons got purpose, our daughters got dreams And heaven
• 1:36
  Speaker 2: hears when a mother screams say his name Nolan Wells
• 1:44
  Speaker 2: gone too soon but never forgotten say his name Nolan
• 1:50
  Speaker 2: Wells we want justice we want truth we want answers
• 1:54
  Speaker 2: white privilege will not prevail now while our people steal.
• 2:01
  Speaker 3: We gon' pray, we gon' walk, we gon' stand, we
• 2:04
  Speaker 3: gon' stand, till justice rises from the depths. Community tired,
• 2:09
  Speaker 3: community tired of being expendable, tired of systems being indefensible.
• 2:13
  Speaker 3: Hands clean on paper, hearts cold in rooms, but truth
• 2:15
  Speaker 3: got a voice that can shake, seal tombs. This ain't hate,
• 2:17
  Speaker 3: this is holy resistance, faith with fire and righteous persistence.
• 2:20
  Speaker 1: We won't stop, we won't bow, we won't fold, till
• 2:24
  Speaker 1: the full true story gets told. Mississippi, you must dance.
• 2:28
  Speaker 3: Mississippi, hear the cry.
• 2:30
  Speaker 1: A family deserves.
• 2:31
  Speaker 2: Just another reason why.
• 2:33
  Speaker 1: We call for truth. We call for life.
• 2:35
  Speaker 2: We call for what is fair and right.
• 2:37
  Speaker 3: No more silence.
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: No more games.
• 2:39
  Speaker 2: We lift our voices and.
• 2:40
  Speaker 1: Say his name.
• 2:41
  Speaker 3: Say his name.
• 2:43
  Speaker 2: Nolan Wells. Justice now.
• 2:47
  Speaker 1: Nolan Wells. Truth come forth. Nolan Wells.
• 2:50
  Speaker 3: We won't.
• 2:57
  Speaker 1: Lord, cover his family Strengthen his people Wake up the
• 3:12
  Speaker 1: nation Shake every system Let justice roll down like waters
• 3:19
  Speaker 1: And righteousness like a mighty stream Say his name
• 3:29
  Speaker 3: Nolan Wells.