Stand

Stand up and stand out
Speak up or show out
Witness turned Accomplice 
With Silence
Seeking Peace 
But met with violence 
Will it end will stop 
It’s been years maybe not
Marching for centuries 
Didn’t deter the deaths or injuries 
Of the innocent 
Racist malevolence
Prevailed like prejudice 
People In high places 
Full of hate and envy
Based on races
Time to change this
Systematic racism 
Tradition has been tragic 
Countless closed caskets 
Conservatives won’t admit it
What’s “White Privilege”?
To see real change 
takes more than a village
Change has to be global
Like the pandemic 
Universal classless 
Right to life & liberty
Even if you’re cashless
With no assets
Stand up when there’s doubt
Speak up to reroute

By Great Dae

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