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He was a nice quiet gentle man He had family friends wife and a daughter too But Rayshard Brooks was also a black man He was just waiting for a burger at Wendy's drive-through He'd been for a drink and was tired that time of day He fell asleep in his car Wendy's called the police, there's a car in the driveway They probably didn't need to go that far The police came and woke Rayshard Brooks up from his dream They made him walk the line, watch their finger move across his face They talked to him for ages or so it seemed They made him show he did not need a brace He had passed a 20 minute sobriety test But then they insisted on a breathalyzer too He blew .108, and that set up the arrest He would have been under if he had a burger and milk shake too They went to handcuff him Rayshard thought of George Floyd and his fate And decided to resist, run and escape them He was running away but it was all a bit too late Although the cops had his name licence and car And they could have picked him up later Three shots were fired right at him, quite bizarre With no warning shot for that matter They shot him in the back twice Lethal force was not warranted to defend The charge should be murder with a price Another murder most foul, so hard to apprehend Another black man is shot dead Laying in his blood where he bleed After Rayshard Brooks had been killed Protesters came to Wendy's from the up the hill They set the place ablaze In a fit of revenge and rage Everyone has had enough of all of that stuff And now is the time to get tough Murder murder they cried That black man did not need to die Everyone is now marching in the streets Nothing is going to stop these feet
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