If Not Us, Who

As a

Child I failed to see

The dividing line

Eyes glued shut to how

Hate hides in plain sight

(No guidance)

Ready or not

Thrown into a world

That never would care

If it broke me

(Chin strength)

Would allude me as I

Would gather my pride

And callous this soft heart

Inside me

I can no longer

Accept the things

That I can't change

This is life or death

This requires rage

(Kids dead)

Left to rot in a fucking cage

(Hands up)

No gun, still a fucking grave

(Marked for death)

From the jump

That's the fucking way

Shit was designed since the day there were fucking slaves

"I had a dream" that was peaceful as shit

Was jolted awake when reality hit

Bitch

For every loved one

We've put in the ground

For every light snuffed out

By a bitch in a white gown

For every mother desperate to hug and kiss

Kids taken to soon by a badge and a bitch

Fuck

Shit