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May 25 you’re still alive

You don’t realize you’re gonna die

It’s been tough these past few months

But a pack of cigs gives you some incentive to survive

A counterfeit 20 isn’t money

But you work a job where the currency can get a little funny

You may have had a bill that didn’t pass the grill and now?

911 is not a joke

Why did you stay?

Why didn’t you drive away?

Why did you have to be embroiled in the fray?

Because if you had left your family wouldn’t be bereft

You could’ve received a stimulus check

But now you are dead since an officer with a plan

To pump you full of lead took a knee to your neck instead

And his only regret is that he didn’t get away with it.

Some men want to watch the world burn down

While others work to fan the flames

How can you kneel on another for so long

And understand their pain?

Five against one is overdone

And it’s that’s protocol, that’s insane

Serve and protect in Minneapolis translates to

Taking a life in vain

We march, we sing, we do our thing

But will our antiquated tactics produce anything?

We chant slogans Get Seth Rogan’s support, but to what end?

We need things to change, we cannot just pretend

Megaphones are fine but where do we draw the line?

If we don’t learn from history we’ll repeat it everytime

How about stop killing black people for being black?

Some men want to watch the world burn down

While others work to fan the flames

How can you kneel on another for so long

And understand their pain?

Five against one is overdone

And it’s that’s protocol, that’s insane

Serve and protect in Minneapolis translates to

Taking a life in vain

I said it 30 years ago, but nobody cared

Paradigm shifts are legit It’s time that I shared

We must change what we think

Truth or dare

Forget about the consequences

We’re already there

In this age of incredulity

Don’t give in to despair

Fight for what is right

It’s only fair

This is everyone’s cross to bear

If you were so righteous

You’d be sitting in that chair

Some men want to watch the world burn down

While others work to fan the flames

How can you kneel on another for so long

And not understand their pain?

Five against one is overdone

And it’s that’s protocol, that’s insane

Serve and protect in Minneapolis translates to

Taking a life in vain

If silence is violence

Then what is a shout?

What do we really want

What’s this movement about all about?

Justice for the slain

Say every name

It’s gone on for too long

And we are all to blame

How do we progress?

Education is key

But they keep changing the locks

To thwart our opportunity

We hear the knocks but we cannot answer

We need brand new doors to combat this cancer

Wake up Listen up Speak up a better 3

Mankind, you need to get yourself free

What if we love each other even when we disagree?

Imagine the possibilities!

Some men want to watch the world burn down

While others work to fan the flames

How can you kneel on another for so long

And understand their pain?

Five against one is overdone

And it’s that’s protocol, that’s insane

Serve and protect in Minneapolis translates to

Taking a life in vain

43 yo Eric Garner; 22 yo John Crawford III

18 yo Michael Brown, Jr.; 25 yo Ezell Ford

36 yo Dante Parker; 50 yo Michelle Cusseaux

17 yo Laquan McDonald ; 53 yo George Mann

37 yo Tanisha Anderson; 28 yo Akai Gurley

12 yo Tamir Rice; 34 yo Rumain Brisbon

36 yo Jarame Reid; 21 Matthew Ajibade

39 yo Frank Smart; 37 yo Natasha McKenna

19 yo Tony Robinson; 26 yo Anthony Hill

27 Mya Hall; 32 yo Phillip White

44 yo Eric Courtney Harris; 50 yo Walter Scott

18 yo William Chapman, Jr.; 26 yo Alexia Christian

29 yo Brendon Glenn; 23 yo Victor Manuel Larosa

39 yo Jonathan Sanders; 20 yo Freddie Blue

52 yo Joseph Mann; 36 yo Salvado Ellswood

28 yo Sandra Bland; 23 yo Albert Joseph Davis

19 Darrius Stewart; 43 yo Billy Ray Davis

43 yo Samuel Dubose; 35 yo Michael Sabbie

36 yo Brian Keith Day; 19 yo Christian Taylor

33 yo Troy Robinson; 30 yo Asshams Pharoah Manley

61 yo Felix Kumi; 19 yo Keith Harrison McCleod

31 yo Junior Prosper; 39 yo Lamontez Jones

18 yo Patterson Brown; 30 yo Dominic Hutchinson

29 yo Anthony Ashford; 27 yo Alonzo Smith

18 yo Tyree Crawford; 28 yo India Kager

21 yo La’Vonte Biggs; 50 yo Michael Lee Marshall

24 yo Jamar Clarke; 64 yo Richard Perkins, Jr.

29 yo Nathaniel Harris Pickett; 56 yo Bennie Lee Tignor

35 yo Miguel Espinal; 32 yo Michael Noel

35 yo Kevin Matthews; 55 yo Bettie Jones

19 yo Qunitonio Legrier; 23 yo Keith Childress, Jr.

31 yo Janet Wilson; 49 yo Randy Nelson

36 yo Antronie Scott; 37 yo Wendell Celestine, Jr.

17 yo David Joseph; 23 yo Calin Roquemore

19 yo Dyzhawn Perkins; 19 yo Christopher Davis

20 yo Marco Loud; 35 yo Peter Gaines

35 yo Torrey Robinson; 17 yo Darius Robinson

44 yo Kevin Hicks; 72 yo Mary Truxillo

21 yo Demarcus Semer; 33 yo Wille Tillman

38 yo Terrill Thomas; 23 yo Sylville Smith

37 yo Alton Sterling; 32 yo Philandro Castile

40 yo Terance Crutcher; 18 yo Paul O’Neal

21 yo Alteria Woods; 15 yo Jordan Edwards

45 yo Aaron Bailey; 32 yo Ronell Foster

22 yo Stephon Clarke; 17 yo Antwon Rose, Jr.

26 yo Botham Jean; 44 yo Pamela Turner

32 yo Dominique Clayton; 28 yo Atatiana Jefferson

31 yo Christopher Whitfield; 36 yo Christopher McCorvey

38 yo Eric Reason; 28 yo Michael Lorenzo Dean

26 yo Breonna Taylor; 46 yo George Floyd

Sean Bell. Elenor Bumpers. Amadou Diallo. Rodney King.