Grammy-winning reggae band Steel Pulse released "Put Your Hoodies On" during the George Zimmerman trial, and it is no offering the song for free download.
CHORUS I
Put your hoodies on
This one’s for Trayvon
Put your hoodies on
This one’s for Trayvon
VERSE I
This is a plea to all
Oh yes to all mankind
You can’t escape the judgement
Or peril in this time
Now all the weak in heart
Come stand up for your rights
So just and so divine
When the hungry get a bite, hey
CHORUS II
Put your hoodies on
This one’s for Trayvon
Put your hoodies on
This one’s for Trayvon
VERSE II
I’m speaking out to all
There’s something we can do
To tip the scales of justice
Of the flag red, white and blue
No way we’ll shut our mouths
Won’t let this thing lie down
This act of homicide
That night in Sanford town, oh!
CHORUS II
Put your hoodies on (Put your hoodies on)
This one’s for Trayvon
Put your hoodies on
This one’s for Trayvon
BARUCH RAP
I’m go break it down
I don’t understand it really
Imagine that was me
That was walking with my hoodie
Another young life straight
Taken from a bullet, or should I say bully
Trayvon attacked him? But how could he?
When all the evidence never added up fully
So now we can’t forget the 26th of February
A crime unjustified
And now it’s necessary for us to take charge y’all
CHORUS III
Ain’t no doubt in Jim Crow’s South
Won’t shout my mouth it's all about the hoodies
No matter your religion
You make it your decision
But if it takes collision
We’ve got the vision
For Equal Rights
Cannot wait another night
But I’ve got this bitter taste
Don’t let this court case go to waste no no no
He was only seventeen
Only seventeen no
(Woe woe shot down)
Like a dog in the streets..
CHORUS IV
Put your hoodies on
. Adlib and out
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Put your hoodies on
Put your hoodies on
Put your hoodies on
Put your hoodies on
"'Put Your Hoodies On [4 Trayvon]' is a plea for justice," it is stated in the band's website, where the song can now be downloaded for free. The track was "written by [singer] David 'Dread' Hinds as a reminder of the FACT that an innocent teenager is dead, shot by a man who was playing 'vigilante'—pursuing the teenager around the neighborhood despite being advised against it by the authorities ... We sensed the result but despite the outcome of the trial, the truth remains the truth, and the ghost of justice will haunt this town of Sanford, Florida—forever."
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