When

When will it stop?

When will it end ?

People fighting for their rights

Begging for their lives

They are helpless you can see it in their eyes 

It's not a surprise 
The ones who said would protect us 
They don't 
Take matters into their own hands 
Another African American Dead 
What's said 
He resisted arrest 
Why in the hell would you have your knee in his neck
Where is the respect 
You sat there 
Didn't care 
But you all are abiding by the law
People recording 
People saw 
This is not the first time this happen 
It's becoming the new norm
Protect the people 
But you all are giving them harm
It's turning fatal 
It's turning a mess 
Soon going to have to walk around with a bullet proof vest 
They are starting to do anything 
What has this world come to
It's full of neglect 
It's full of hurt 
It's full of the law 
It's full  of dirt 
No one truly understand
Why do we have to continue to die?
Be on every part of media 
So many rest in peace
When will this cease 
Cops were once good and really wanted to help
These days are all for themselves
Not all some are still great 
That's what hurts 
Some are good and some are dirt
Another knock on a familes door 
To reveal the hurt that your loved one was killed
What's the deal 
Do the people enjoy tearing down a nation that was filled with so much opportunity
Yet they divide us no unity
A moment of silence 
For all 
That in these acts took a fall 
We shall overcome we have over overcame 
Please stop letting our people die in vein
Let the boys grow up to become great men
Let the girls be great women
Let the world not cry
Because another one if ours have died
Chasing running to live to see another day 
For our people this is what I pray 
Put God in your heart 
Stop tearing this world apart 
The world has become so wicked 
That the ticket we cash out is our life
And in the end we are paying the price 
Jesus carried all of our sins 
So we can live again
Please stop the violence
We are tired of remaining silent

Written by : Concetta Hardnett
05/26/2020

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