[A GUY AND A GIRL WAIT ON THE CORNER FOR THEIR RIDE HOME FROM SCHOOL. THERE ARE TONS OF KIDS AROUND, LAUGHING, RUNNING AROUND PLAYING. THEIR RIDE SHOULD BE PULLING UP IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.]

 

 

Guy: Oh no is he looking at me?

No no he can’t be

I’m just walking here

Minding my business care free

 

Girl: Don’t worry he’s not looking at us

I think he’s one of the good guys

He’s gonna do what’s right, true, and just

 

Guy: No wait he IS looking at me

He’s coming over here with cuffs

Oh could it be

Did we do something wrong?

 

[the cop approaches the guy and the girl]

 

COP: Don’t talk. Put your hands up, get on the ground.

 

Guy: Please! Stop! I’m a young King, don’t take away my crown

 

Cop: I said SHUT UP! DON’T MAKE A SOUND!

 

Girl: Officer please! We were just waiting on our ride.

 

[the officer smacks her]

 

Cop: Nice try, I’m not believing that lie

 

[the officer handcuffs they guy and girl and puts them in the car. On the way to the station they ask themselves these questions.]

 

Guy: Was I walking too fast?

Girl: Was I talking too slow?

Guy: Are my clothes to fitted?

Girl: Were my pants too low?

Guy: Are my lips to big?

Girl: Are my hips too thick?

 

Girl: Is my slang too much?

Guy: Do I look too rough?

Girl: Was my dancing too cool?

Guy: Did my raps break the rules?

Girl: Am I not smart enough?

Guy: Do my brains not cut it?

Girl: Maybe I’m not pretty?

Guy: I guess I’m just ugly?

Girl: Are my hips too round?

Guy: I guess my skin is just a little too brown?

 

Guy and Girl:

They lied, they locked us up

They beat us, and still that’s not enough

Now they kill us and tell us to shut up

 

Guy: I wish I could say everything was awesome

But the fact is, our black live don’t mean nun

 

Girl: One day times will chance

And freedom soon will come

 

Guy: I can feel it in my bones

I feel it rising like the warm sun

 

Girl: Then we’ll be able to say

EVERYTHING, IS, AWESOME