Don't Shoot!!!
Black bodies swinging like of old except these are left out in the streets
Not even the decency of a sheet to cover the shame of yet another death
Another injustice masked as self-defense by an over-militarized police force
Black bodies shot down like animals for the coming slaughter
Black minds, black times, feels like the 60’s seems as if society hasn’t progressed any
Guess that’s the price we paid, when these new slaves spoke us into our graves
Saying massa, everything is ok, we’ll peacefully be led astray
We’ll let you set up shop, make a couple billion and leave us with slums not worth fixing
In America, Black men are expendable, black women are disrespected
Because they took the black male out of the picture and made the corporate government the daddies
Maybe a change is gonna come
Maybe the songs we use to sing will ring true one day
Thing is I’m tired of waiting for one day
I’m tired of waiting for a change
I’m tired of waiting
Waiting
To finally see the revolution that is eminent, but cautious
Tired and weary
I’m tired of these revolutions that last a couple of days
Motherfuckers with short term memory telling us it’s ok
It’s not ok for our babies to die
It’s not ok for our women to depend on anything but God and us
It’s not ok for our men to be exterminated
I bet if I yelled self-defense before killing a person my black ass would be under the jail my ancestors built
Yes, America you are hell and jail
When a shell can determine life or death for me on a daily
When my daughter flinches at the sight of police
When I constantly have to explain myself
Can’t even be me
Change did come to America
They no longer wear sheets
They now wear uniforms and suits
Tony L. Jefferson, Jr. 2014
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