Failing justice 101

You claim that we live in a just society One where law comforts the innocent And justice punishes the victim But that's not true is it? When in reality it's the opposite of that Especially when you are black For us We live in an alternate reality Where this doesn't happen Where we the innocent are falsely imprisoned And our oppressors are rewarded with freedom The system acts like it cares Gives us an olive branch A promise of peace Of equality A false act of kindness To fool the blind and ignorant The ones who will believe anything Leaving us feeling foolish Hopeless That for once we'd get our justice But then again can a tiger really change its stripes? Because after all salt can be mistaken for sugar How can we trust a system Built of racism That has constantly failed us Left us broken And often kills us If this is your idea of justice we don't want it Stop putting on this performance Your walls are collapsing Your exterior has faltered Even a mirror cracks in your presence Broken by the weight of your lies Angered by your intentions Your hate mirrors your reflections A system so threatened By our existence That it's whole foundation created to kill us