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Black people vs the world

No your burdens are not for us to carry We know your game You fake a smile Bat your little eyelashes Pretend you care Then reveal your true motive You want us to fight your battles for you But when we need help On your end all we hear is silence While you sit back and watch the violence Unfold while you ignore our calls For someone to care about our people You try and manipulate the situation Cry your fake tears as manipulation And beg for compassion You people of colour should stick together But the responsibility to keep you safe Always falls on black people You claim we're allies But we don't want your performative smiles Just for you to go ' blind ' To a black persons cries So why are you surprised When we sit back and rest And your not gonna make us feel guilty For the same things you've done to us So instead of relying on us for comfort How about you become accountable For your actions Because you've seen what the world has done And still choose to not help us And then get mad at us, you are so hypocritical And say we're the problem Even though you are a person of colour Know some of the struggles Because when push comes to shove You'll choose whiteness over blackness And what's even more sicker You participate in killing us Just to get bonus points From white people So when you ask for help, just know that we're done

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