Killing a Man Or a Woman
When you have a gun and they don’t
and you're a cop, it takes a certain kind of cowardice
to squeeze the trigger to kill without provocation men and women
it takes an ugly type of racism only prevalent in racist countries
As citizens, we have to take their psychotic, abnormal behavior seriously
Our Public Servants are paid and trained by us, taking our money, training,
the benefits to keep us safe but somewhere within their dark psyches
their humanity got brain washed
They think dark people with their hands raised pose a danger
not worthy of the benefit of doubt like they give whites
fear engineered from an extreme, guilty Caucasian mentality
they believe their culture gives them the right to kill the dark skins,
even the innocent
Extreme culture, extreme attitudes says it's OK to shoot 'them' first
legal gates open to flood their evil with impunity
leaving ordinary citizens doubting the veracity of authority
that castigates the blameless judging them solely by skin color
The yellow haired pudgy politician says, "kick ‘em, punch ‘em, throw ‘em out
They don’t belong here!" This man hates immigrants
these people’s only crime is their skin color
and being born on the wrong side of the border
The darker the color the more brutal the violence
Police Chiefs who condone these acts of violence
are wrong morally wrong
to give police free rein to riot with impunity
A country built on justice and freedom means little
if the country is ruled by men with racist agendas
tyrants don’t possess compassion, fairness or justice
“It is for us and only us!”, they shout
So it goes in the land of saintly pseudo beliefs, rigged elections,
limited health benefits but big profits
We suffer, they don’t
They profit, we become debtors
In the land of one-man one-vote, everybody is equal Democracy
we fight for our rights, but we die for their profits
Americans, we are, but knowing some are more American than others
citizens today owe too much debt to companies and corporations
Lord, will this tribulation ever end?
The working man is always fighting for freedom and against oppression
but still finds complete freedom elusive,
in truth, the wheels of justice move by inches only
Is this a chance for right-wing oppressors to show compassion?
Compassion from Caucasians is nice but equality is better
You get compassion from family, not right wing white oppressors
This is your country Americans and they're taking it from you
VOTE!!!
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