I just want us all to get along
Lately it has been splattered all over the news
African American male shot in the back
African American male killed while in
police custody
African American youth killed while in
playground
African American male killed while walking
through his neighborhood
Makes you question what is happening
Makes you scared to send your love one out
Camera phones are required
Bull’s-eye on your back is how our males
feel
I'm seeing friendships ending on Facebook
because a mother is teaching son how to survive to be at least 21
See it’s bring back memories for majority
See we're seeing our men leave not coming
back
We're remembering them being lynched from
trees
We're remembering them being burned
We're remembering them being beat beyond
recognition.
We're angry because the Civil Rights
Movement was for all
We shall overcome is what we sang
It's the year 2015 and as parents, aunts,
uncles, cousins we're scared because this time
It's not men hiding behind white sheets
It's some eager men who have taken an oath
to protect and serve
We're seeing them confuse a Taser for a
gun
We're seeing them planting evidence
We're seeing them bring the victim's
character into question
Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X, Rosa
Parks and more are rolling in their graves
Was it all in vain?
Don't cut me off because I am voicing my
opinion
Don't delete me because you don't agree
Try to understand what I am saying to my
young black and brown males
Until you have to comfort the mother of
the victim who died for no reason
You might not ever understand
Here's a million dollars let's switch the
colors of our skin for a week
I thought not!
As a community let's not fight but look at
the solution
Let's have the bull’s eye removed
Let's treat everyone the same regardless
if they live in Waterbury, CT, Compton, LA or Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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