Independence Day
Its been two days after fourth of July and i'm nervous
Pretty colors of red, white, and blue scheduled to fly up in the sky
such a pretty light show for Trayvon and Tamir
But I don't think Mr. Sterling meant that red stain on purpose
It's two days since we celebrated our independence
Our freedom
I ask again are we free, or are we just dumb enough to go along with this charade
You know FREEDOM is more than a song off Beyonce's Lemonade
Hold up
It's only been three days since that lovely day in July
But I saw on Facebook a young man died
his woman yelled, in shock on his side
while his child in the backseat cried
He never got the chance to say goodbye
Goddamn, It's been 3 whole days since the Fourth of July
72 hours
They said, they said Americas the land of the free and the land of opportunity
but why our little black boys don't get the opportunity to become men, or even the right to be tried, i mean it is our constitutional right, right?
Or is this institutionalized genocide
I thought America was a nation I could believe in, but God, I think they killin us on purpose, we're hurtin
But now
Its 4 days after July 4th
The sun is coming up
I don't have a son, but my little brother is close enough
And he don't know it yet
But he's gonna be a man someday
and I gotta let him
And he's gonna be black and unapologetically that
And July will come again next year
and maybe after that
And i'm tired, i've been reading too many hashtags
And we tired, we've been reading too many hashtags and opinions and justifications and social media activists and cnn updates and conspiracy theorists and...
I mean
Are YOU tired?
Cause my heart is heavy
and for the first time in my 17 short years
I feel more yesterdays than tomorrows in my future
and I matter. And I'm ready. I'm ready for my Independence day.