Riding along on my way
Trying to have my best day
Look back in my rear view mirror and what do I see
Two police officers behind me
My mood changes from happy to fear
My stomach is in knots as I begin to think
About all the things that could happen
I just want to make it to my destination
As I turn the corner, they turn too
Nerves start flooding pictures in my mind
Of situations where police weren’t so kind
To people that look like me
This isn’t a game
Me being nervous for doing nothing wrong
Like I said, I just want to go home or to my destination
But unfortunately this is my plot in this nation
I know I’m not alone
My mind flooding with the videos I’ve seen from camera phones
Of my people dying and being disrespected at the hands of the police
Praying one day this will cease
To protect and serve
That is the police motto
But to people of color we have different rules to follow
And different thoughts too
Protect and serve to us isn’t true
More like kill and kill again
And for what
Just to hold some more power over us?
Blood is boiling as they drive past me
A sigh of relief but this isn’t it you see
The fact that I feel this way is a problem yet to be solved
Because we get all kinds of excuses why this cannot be resolved
The reality is to this country, Black lives really don’t matter
But then you hear all excuses splatter
All conveniently disguised behind the saying All Lives Matter
But that isn’t true and you know it
And you don’t care
So when I see police, I tend to stare
Off into the space of life I want to see
Where being Black doesn’t paint me as an enemy
Dope bro, deep story
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Goy me teary-eyed with this one. Thank you, Mike!
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