The Other Foot
A rap song for Karmelo Anthony’s case

(Chorus)
🎶Lace up your kicks. Watch the speed on another’s foot🎶
🎶Look at that. Now the shoe is on the other foot🎶
🎶Piece together the agenda. No it ain’t hard🎶
🎶Now who’s the victim screaming bloody murder race card🎶
🎶Can the suspect get off with his face card🎶
🎶Is the jury gonna play hard? Making his day hard🎶
🎶We’ll have to wait and see as the gavel comes to hit him🎶
🎶Eyes around the world locked in on the system🎶
(Verse 1)
🎶What have we here? Front page news has been made🎶
🎶One dead after kids in Black and White run the fade🎶
🎶Somebody took an L and walked away🎶
🎶Wasn’t enough for the lighter flesh who went from a talk to play🎶
🎶One of these young cats broke another fight out🎶
🎶Threatening the young brother who had to pull a knife out🎶
🎶Should’ve took heed. Let it go and walked right out🎶
🎶But he didn’t. Now he ended up with his lights out.🎶
🎶Now the whole world knows and everyone’s been wowed🎶
🎶Impatiently waiting for the other young kid’s trial🎶
🎶What started off as a fight during a day of sports🎶
🎶Now begs the question will this young man get his day in court🎶
(Chorus)
🎶Lace up your kicks. Watch the speed on another’s foot🎶
🎶Look at that. Now the shoe is on the other foot🎶
🎶Piece together the agenda. No it ain’t hard🎶
🎶Now who’s the victim screaming bloody murder race card🎶
🎶Can the suspect get off with his face card🎶
🎶Is the jury gonna play hard? Making his day hard🎶
🎶We’ll have to wait and see as the gavel comes to hit him🎶
🎶Eyes around the world locked in on the system🎶
(Verse 2)
🎶It’s a race against time. Pun intended, that’s right🎶
🎶A deadly outcome of a fight. One black and one white🎶
🎶Karmelo said he killed Austin while defending himself🎶
🎶Now people are hoping that he puts an end to himself🎶
🎶They say he didn’t need a knife. Hypocrisy’s begun🎶
🎶This ain’t what they said when George Zimmerman had a gun🎶
🎶If you’re white you can stand your ground🎶
🎶If you’re black they want you get hit, turn your cheek and stand down🎶
🎶White fight is white flight. Black fight is black night🎶
🎶Only blacks get told to get abused but still act right🎶
🎶Oh how America believes and loves its own lies🎶
🎶If their races were swapped they’d say he was justified🎶
🎶Nevertheless I really hope they feel anger🎶
🎶Like how blacks feel when we get punished for defending ourselves against danger🎶
🎶They love to say what we should do, but there’s only a lot of talk in it🎶
🎶The injustice shoe is on the other foot. Hope you can walk in it🎶
(Chorus)
🎶Lace up your kicks. Watch the speed on another’s foot🎶
🎶Look at that. Now the shoe is on the other foot🎶
🎶Piece together the agenda. No it ain’t hard🎶
🎶Now who’s the victim screaming bloody murder race card🎶
🎶Can the suspect get off with his face card🎶
🎶Is the jury gonna play hard? Making his day hard🎶
🎶We’ll have to wait and see as the gavel comes to hit him🎶
🎶Eyes around the world locked in on the system🎶
About the Creator
Joe Patterson
Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.
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