Eric Garner
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We are many shades lighter
But carry the most darkness
Complicit in the genocide
Of those who look different
The land of brave
The land of the free
The land to be.
We stand here in awww as if we didn't vote for this change
As if we didn't cast ballets agreeeing to the terms of this contract.
America has caught a fever
FIrst it took Oscar
Then it stole Treyvon
Next it was Jordan, then Kendrick then Odin
Following were Raymond, Jonathan then Reinesha
These days, we hold gunsAt the ones we onceHeld our guns for.We give out freedomAs a broken promise.We don’t care
All I ask is to be respected, I will not be neglected, you're surprise of an uprise of people acting reckless, years of peace and protest why we still feel helpless, the leaders who promoted peace, became decease, now what does that sa
What would life be for me
If I were born to another family
How different could it really be?
To be amongst the sea of poverty
Rather then the throne of affluency
How different would I see?
