Follow Me

Follow me, for a minute Try to feel me, for a few Right now, I need you To see the world through My view So check your vision Take a look at the television And tell me Is that a pretty picture We hurt ourselves Because we hate ourselves Never given the capacity to love We can’t tame ourselves So then we shame ourselves Trying to be Crooks and thugs Then we shrug And ask “where is the love” Where is it It was never given You can’t tell, If it ever existed So we turn on each other For economic gain And every opportunity To expand our names When people need food Children need water Mothers left alone When babies need fathers While others Sit on what they have Teens and young adults Shot and stab For money And hood supremacy Then everybody is dying Everyday People of every age From cancer, HIV and AIDS What do you say Why don’t you raise Your awareness Because you can’t look me in the eye And say you are satisfied Nor should you be Not if you see what I see It’s not all bad But we don’t sit back Until it comes to be A world filled With pain and misery That is not what’s good But it is what’s real If only we could feel Compassion Add, And develop the capacity To love For the sake Of our welfare To save ourselves From Ourselves Instead of sitting back With unconcerned eyes And watch the demise Of our lives Let us press for one mission With one vision To bridge, The divide Unite