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by Kahene Peterkin
I keep hearing it in marches over and over again
But when will it end
And know what gets me?
This is a repeat
Only the words were different in the 60s
We keep asking why
Which is really funny
They’re the same people who honor Robert E Lee
And yet claim to reject slavery
Don’t it get ya
That like Jews honoring a statue of Hitler
Cory Booker lost control as a man
Arguing with Paul Rand on the senate floor
Cuz they see no reason to get rid of the lynching law
But Republicans did and left it the same
Come on! Brothers and Sisters say their name
Damn right I will do paragraph in a land with whites having a right to kill
January 6th should have woken us up
Let had that been Black Lives Matter
Being 100ft closer would’ve been hard
Being blocked by National Guards
But we saw white supremacists with beliefs of superiority
That day should have made us all question ourselves
And learn to love one another
All we saw them white people out to kill us
Young, Old, Man, Woman, civilian, police even politicians
They were all there with the same cause
And look what they did
I believe we should defund the police
Not to rid of law enforcement
But to oversee the millions going to them
And not being used in the community they police
Yes, they get millions
And this was all new to me
And you wonder why ain’t nothing in our community
The money is used on guns, rockets, gasses, tanks and artillery
They preparing for a new world order and the day to slaughter
You and me
We’re left with names noone would ever forget
Damn! This bothers me a lot
But here’s a few names in case you forgot
Sandra Bland was killed in a jail cell with no help, yet
We were told she killed herself
Aka I Gurley only left his apartment to walk down the steps
Until a trigger-happy cop put two in his chest
Should have never been a reason for a chokehold
But that’s not what killed George Floyd
It was a coward who thought cuz of
Protection immunity he was protected by law
And until we get rid of that protected immunity
They’ll continue to kill people like you and me
And this is not about training failure
It’s straight-up murder like with Brianna Taylor
No one was charged with her death
They have such gall
But they cared about the white neighbor
Cuz a bullet went through her wall
What about Brianna and the bullets that went through her?
This sh** makes you want to kill
And why not, cuz they will
So many others
Byron Williams, Miriam Carey
Philando Castile, Christian Taylor, Troy Robinson
And don’t forget Clifford Glover
These are only a few, sad to say it’s more
Black and Brown people wake up, we’re at war
As for George Floyd, I tried to watch the video
And it made me cry
I could imagine what it did to his daughter
Maybe we should police our own community
And try to live together with unity
This sh** has changed my life and how I think
And worry about my nephews
Cuz God forbid I won’t want to talk, about what I’ll do
But believe it’ll drive me crazy
Why?
Cuz Brothers and Sisters ain’t you tired of marching?
Yelling “say their name” to deaf ears?
Do politicians that make the laws listen?
No
They did what they did with the Black Panthers
And labeled them terrorists
Before ever seeing Black Unity exist
They have to propagate hate
How could the words “Black Lives Matter” cause so much hate?
It’s like we’re back in 1868
This is just food for thought
To entice the brain
And pray there comes a day
We won’t have to march, yelling “Say their names.”
Send our brother some love and light: Kahene Peterkin, 08A3192, Southport CF, P.O. Box 2000, Pine City, NY 14871-2000.
