Heavy Heart
Heavy heart
Die die
The fear in my eye
I can hide behind this badge
It will protect me and mines
Is this how you feds think
Is this how you feds feel
You fear the color of my skin so using your badge makes you real.......
Real tough?
Real brave?
Break it down to me please i need you feds to explain
We tell you we are armed and licensed to conceal
That is not enough as you still shoot to kill
We walk with you side by side no resistance and in cuffs
Hell that means nothing as you use your knee to kill us
We run to avoid you in the middle of the street
You shoot us in the back like we are some deer meat
When will this stop?
When will this end?
I am sick of the crime
Peace for a straight week has been non existent in my 27 years of living
I am sick of the white man killing us off but what infuriates me more.....
The fact my beautiful black brothers killing one another for simple beefs that can be resolved behind closed doors
See the great Will Smith said it best
“Racism isn’t getting worse, it is getting filmed” wisest thing i have heard in all of this mess
Racism has never died
It will continue to multiply
Black people come together when they witness a white man killing our kind
We get enraged and look to protest
If another brother owe us 100 bucks hell we looking to put him and his whole family to rest
I have lost family and friends to senseless black on black crime
My black community does not settle issues with fist fights anymore
We look to shoot a glock, .40 cal or a 9
We will set our brothers up
To get robbed and to get beat
We will kill another brother if they dare step on the Jordans i have on my feet
My race is dying at the hands of their own
They record killing or beating another black man and all is condoned
“F that nigga up” is consistently heard on social media platforms
The black community constantly views the videos of us getting punched, kicked, and spat on
We joke about it and send it around
Black man just got whooped and the video is viral all around town
His pride is ruined and ego is diminished
Now the person who just beat him.... well his life is about to be finished
Another black on black crime funeral i must attend
Even those aren’t safe since that is becoming a place of Revenge
I am sick of the racist cops and people killing us all
But the real change will come when we can come together as a black community and stand tall
Until my black brothers and sisters can stop killing one another and until we can come together
Change......
Change will never see the sunny side of the weather
Copyright © Tony Johnson | Year Posted 2020
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