I've seen your face on my TV screen. You look passive, Like you just woke up from a nap, Sleeping on the grave of not just Michael Brown, But Eric Garner, Brandon Jones, Tamir Rice, Antonio Martin, And countless others, Because you carry a legacy, Mr. Wilson, Passing on the gun to the next police officer Who feels threatened enough by an unarmed teenager To pull the trigger six times. |
You've added to the grocery list
Of black Americans murdered
For imaginary threats in their skin color,
Turning them into news stories,
Court cases,
Autopsy reports,
Instead of actual people
Who were caught by a racial bull's eye
A lot bigger than Ferguson, Missouri
Or even the United States.
Of black Americans murdered
For imaginary threats in their skin color,
Turning them into news stories,
Court cases,
Autopsy reports,
Instead of actual people
Who were caught by a racial bull's eye
A lot bigger than Ferguson, Missouri
Or even the United States.
Now the KKK are marching through the streets, And you know, it's funny they wear white Because it shows off all the bloodstains Rooted in their history, They're proud of what they've done, Are you, Mr. Wilson? Do you have Michael Brown's obituary Framed in your living room, Sitting underneath an American flag? |
Are you afraid your hands
Are starting to look like graveyards?
Are starting to look like graveyards?
Mr. Wilson, you may not understand what you did wrong,
And for that I have no words.
You make poets speechless,
Protestors sleepless,
Bullet wounds are seamless,
The police force never teaches
How to stop shooting once hands are up.
And for that I have no words.
You make poets speechless,
Protestors sleepless,
Bullet wounds are seamless,
The police force never teaches
How to stop shooting once hands are up.
I hope one day you walk into that courthouse
And beg to be arrested.
Feeling so much shame,
You'll break all the mirrors in your house
Because looking at a murderer is exhausting,
You'll stop thanking your supporters
For sending you money
When all you did was kill a person.
But you have your whole life to get over it,
More time than Michael Brown will ever be given.
And beg to be arrested.
Feeling so much shame,
You'll break all the mirrors in your house
Because looking at a murderer is exhausting,
You'll stop thanking your supporters
For sending you money
When all you did was kill a person.
But you have your whole life to get over it,
More time than Michael Brown will ever be given.
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