RIP

2014

Cole asked bout being happy

But I gotta ask

What kinda question is that

Living in a world

Where your hair bad if it's nappy

Labeled as a fool

If your name is too black

Living in a world

That will have you confused

Errbody & they mama

Tryna say what to do

My life matter or not?

Is all I gotta ask

Is empathy something

That only lasted in the past

Some say that we should wait

Some say assimilate

Some even say that we should

Bow down & just pray

But the praying was for the slaves

And the wait was MLK

We say we want the change

Then we need to start today

Today as in last week

Today as in last year

I'm tired of seeing cops

Causin pain & causin fear

The fear of my own death

"What the hell did I do now?"

Asking "how the hell he spot

The only black dot in the crowd"

I'm like "Yes sir, officer

I'm on my way home

No I'm not a 'bad dude'

Please leave me alone"

#TerranceCrutcher

Saw the vid & I cried

How can these people say

That he should have lost his life

And they just wanna argue

We can't protest "right"

Go to the capital

In some robes that's white

Have a big ceremony

Maybe even burn a cross

I swear I'd burn em all

For all the brothas that we've lost

And no it's not a threat

Issa promise

For now on

I will always pay homage

To ALL the lives that mattered

That were lost for civil rights

The black, the brown, the yellow

Don't forget the ones that's white