On the 505 - Matthew Barber

Woke up to the news that a kid was killed by the men in blue

Video was on YouTube he had a knife on the TTC

Didn’t hurt anyone he was all alone cops pulled their guns

He started talking back to one and the situation came undone

Like it can with a loaded gun

On the 505 they shot nine times Sammy Yatim died

Blood on the tracks tonight and it’s on the web worldwide

On the 505 I don’t know why he had a knife

But he didn’t owe his life and we saw it with our own eyes

Sammy was a mixed up kid from a war-torn land and he caused some shit

What was going through his head?

There were people could have helped him out

But we’ll never know for sure ‘cause fear and bullets trumped strength and words

Now someone’s wishing he could take it back every time he remembers

But a trigger is forever

On the 505 they shot nine times Sammy Yatim died

Blood on the tracks tonight and it’s on the web worldwide

On the 505 I don’t know why he had a knife

But he didn’t owe his life and we saw it with our own eyes

Now we’ll never know the reason why