Iftheygunnedmedown

1960 2014 Makes no difference to me History repeating Whether you Fire hose me Rape me Beat me Lynch me Gun me down Can't control the center of the problem #IfTheyGunnedMeDown Racial inequality Your fears Is backed up by bullets Our tears is met With lethal choke holds With systems in place to let go Of those who Did the crime But the loopholes in the bureaucracy said This is a diplomatic Time and place Things suppose to be safer for me But I still can't wear common things Like a grey hoodie Without Being stopped & frisked And told to go home Why When either in a group of ten Or by myself Am I really safe Should I wear a ID bracelet With facts that state Name Age Race? Same thing your gonna put on my toe tag If my mother doesn't identify me You can ID any common thief Except the ones that brings me closer to equal How much proof do you need Guilty ‘til proven innocent is required Since Videotapes Eyewitnesses Pictures Aren't enough DNA Autopsy reports Still can't prove I'm trained to shoot Ask questions later #ShouldTheyGunMeDownNow Or Have I said enough Uncomfortable situations From across the nation They tryna contain the situation Before an upheaval like watts occur And spreads like swine flu There trying so desperately To do what they always do Simmer Simmer Down now Hush #IfTheyGunnedMeDown