Why can’t you hear us?
Why can’t you see us?
Aren’t we your favorite form of entertainment?
Don’t you love to watch us on your screens?
Don’t you love to hear us in your music?
Then why can’t you hear us scream out for help?
Why do you turn a blind eye and tune us out?
Am I making you uncomfortable?
Am I acting too much like a thug for you?
Would you prefer if I stand there while you shoot and mace us?
Would you prefer if I smile and shake your hand while you beat and drag away men from their families to make them slaves to your system?
Or would you prefer if I stay in my place and be passive?
Your American Dream is a white picket fence
Our American Dream is getting out from behind the barbed wire fences that entrap our neighborhoods
But now the sun is setting on those old dreams
And in these dark times we will stand up together
We will break free of these chains
Rattle the cages
And crush your white picket fence
You will hear us
You will see us
You will know that Black Lives Do Matter
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