Poetic Podcast Episode 43 Bop
If empathy only applies to your tribe?
To put it plainly? You’re a hypocrite.
It’s said people should be open minded,
that rhetoric doesn’t match our actions.
One world respect everybody’s rights,
but only if our flags fly on the same side.
You’re no better than the shooter.
How can you sit and smile at a gun?
When was the last time you spoke up?
We need to break down barriers,
not let them get healthy and fortify.
You bask in hues of revolution’s rubble,
because the blood is opposition’s color.
But if the river began to flood your house?
You would take a bullet for your neighbor.
I thought you said this was about unity?
You’re no better than the shooter.
How can you sit and smile at a gun?
Talk to people who are nothing like you,
a breathtaking world awaits the bold.
There are friends out there to discover
give yourself a chance to meet them.
Say ‘Hello’ in a multitude of languages,
if you aren’t even willing to shake hands?
You’re no better than the shooter,
How can you sit and smile at a gun?
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