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The hypocrisy of democracy

They called it progress But the last time I checked Progress can't exist without justice Especially when we still can't breathe even in the afterlife But we will always scream No justice, no peace We can't be silenced Even if we have to use violence You see the politicians using our graves To boost their campaigns 'Forgetting' to mention our names Then Simultaneously putting the blame On us to reclaim The narrative that we brought it on ourselves and say what a shame All part of their sick and twisted games Their fake sympathy Is their way of being absolved from accountability So they don't have to give an apology But now they can create an anti black policy For a country built off of slavery Can't you see the irony America claims its a democracy A place where they claim you get treated equally But really it's a place full of hypocrisy Where democracy is for white people only

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