To Kneel Or Not To Kneel

You watched it on TV And you might have wondered why Colin knelt on that football field What was he attempting to try? The narrative of his actions Were about America's attitude Towards Black men How they've been lynched, harassed And murdered again, again and again Yes he got the attention of the world Especially this nation He started a dialog Of unparalleled participation And when the so-called powers that be Showed their true colors As their prejudice was aired The movement then flourished Took on a life of its own And fruit it now has bared To kneel or not to kneel On what principles do you stand? To kneel or not to kneel Racism is alive and doing well in this land As people of color we will no longer Compartmentalize our pain And our degradation We now stand bold and unapologetic In righteous indignation We give our God the glory Because in our hearts we truly know That He's the Creator and the one who's Really running this show To kneel or to take a knee Is not a sign of disrespect But a gesture to show honor, esteem And merit as one genuflects For every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess That Jesus the name above all other names Is sovereign and blessed And as we take a knee in the church Or on the football field We kneel in privilege and in protest To let the world know how we feel For when one is knighted one kneels in supplication And when a soldier has fallen All kneel in commiseration And when we kneel to pray To Father God our heavenly Lord We are showing respect and reverence To Him in all accord Colin didn't realize that his actions Were pregnant with infinite possibilities That by kneeling he opened the eyes Of this nation and revealed its frailties To kneel or not to kneel Jesus Himself did kneel in fact He took a knee for all of us To let us know He had our backs TO KNEEL OR NOT TO KNEEL