STOP KILLING US!
#JUSTICEFORGEORGEFLOYD
I have so much to say about what is going on in the world, or what HAS BEEN going on for centuries. But for now all I can get out is this poem…
I can’t breathe
Your racism has been suffocating me
I can’t breathe
Your hatred has been suffocating me
I can’t breathe
You envy the power we carry you don’t hate our skin you hate our light
Since the beginning you tried to dim it
It was easier to hide but now we can film it
Look sometimes I have Martin energy
I’m all about keeping peace
BUT FUCK THAT
That piece of me that feels rage will be expressed
I feel the Malcolm rising
You will never understand our distress
You will never feel the pain of always being treated less than
Your racism still will never have me be less than
I will not be quiet
I AM NOT LESS THAN
I do not believe the belief that you have about me
I BELIEVE MY LIFE MATTERS
Because it does
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Because they do
I BELIEVE OUR ANGER MATTERS
Because it does
I BELIEVE OUR RIGHTS MATTER
Because they do
My power is louder than your
loud blue and red sirens will ever be
My light shines brighter than your badge ever can
Can you stop killing us?
Can the tax dollars we pay you actually go towards you protecting us?
fuck being polite
STOP KILLING US
We can’t breathe
You tell us to stop rioting
But won’t stop killing us
You tell us to get over it
But won’t stop killing us
You tell us to shut up
But won’t stop killing us
Get yo knee off our necks
Keep yo bullets away from our hearts
When you come for one of us
You come for all of us
You been stepping on our kind since WE built this country
Now watch us rise up
Now watch us get stronger
There is power in numbers
There is power in us
We not yo slave no more
Now watch us fight back
We fight for George Floyd
We fight for Ahmaud Arbery
We fight for Breonna Taylor
We fight for the black and brown kings and queens that didn’t make the headlines
You are not forgotten
You are not forgotten babygirl
You are not forgotten babyboy
We will fight for you
We will fight for you
We will fight for you
And we won't stop fighting