Story Behind The Song

The coronavirus has swept across the world causing a pandemic. COVID-19 has changed our everyday lives and has caused us to have to stay at home and shelter in place for 3 months.

Lyrics

19, 19 they got that COVID 19/
Me I'm trying to stay clean with my quarantine dream/
19, 19, they spreading COVID 19/
China, Italy yall gotta stay out them streets/
19, 19 they got that COVID 19/
Me I'm trying to stay clean with my quarantine dream/
19, 19, they spreading COVID 19/
Chi-town, NYC we gotta stay out them streets/

V1
Yo I'm gone wear my mask shorty please believe/
They say that COVID 19 makes it hard to breathe/
And now times are hard, we can't go to work/
My uncle just passed away my family is hurt/
Lost wages, lost jobs, yo it's rough out here/
And the media is escalating everybody's fear/
Got everybody scared, I'm trying to keep a level head/
But we all stuck, we can't believe a thing Trump said/
I think he's hoping and wishing this will just fade away/
But I'm sorry Mr. President, it don't work that way/
Shoutout to all the hard workers on the frontline/
You the whole reason we gone make it thru these strange times/
Cabin fever setting in, it's only been 3 weeks/
We gotta flatten the curve so stay out them streets/
If you live in the chi, Lori's watching you/
Stay home, Save lives, yeah that's what we gotta do/

V2
Black folks got it the worst, we catching it more/
You got the CV you at higher risk of dying if you poor/
In the Chi 70 percent of people that died/from COVID 19 live on the south and westside/
Asthma, diabetes and heart disease/
Means you at higher risk if you catch that 19/
Milwaukee, Philly, and Detroit feel it too/
If you Black and catch Corona, they don't care about you/
Here is what we gotta do, protect ourselves/
So when this is all over we still got our health/
Just like all things this to shall pass/
So mask up and sit tight cuz this thing won't last/
I know some of yall bored, we cant socialize/
If you wanna see ya people, have a party online/
But use this time to stop and reflect/
And be prepared to move and rock with whatever comes next/

V3
They say it started in China 5 months ago/
But it was here b4 that, yo we just didn't know/
Now we scrabbling, gambling with peoples lives/
We could have figured this out if we prepared in time/
We could have had a solution to keep it at bay/
Instead, the death toll climbing higher every day/
Long lines at the store stay 6 feet apart/
This is a different world, I think we need a fresh start/
Alone together, that's social distance/
But I can't wait to get back to coexistence/
To the artist of the world keep ya head up high/
We need you more than ever just to get by/
To all the teachers educating our youth/
Home school, you're so cool doing what you gotta do/
To the students at home keep gaining your knowledge/
In the future, you gone be the ones to solve these problems/