Mx.Swimms - March

Consider the following, been a lot of this violence and
I'm not talking about just the recent spikes of attacks
I'm saying COVID is definitely a cause for concern
But it's racist ignorance that put the targets on our backs
But I mean generations of tensions have brought us where we're at
White supremacy printed in white on red hats
I was born in the year of the riots in Ktown
Thirty years later wondering if our bond is okay now
In the end it's always our blood spilled and our hands stained
Our children get the trauma we felt while they get gains
Their justice is performative
I'm sick and tired of seeing all the profits got to pockets
Pay us money for our pain
Fuck their status quo, fuck their blank white canvas
We gonna paint a pretty picture with a palette full of paint
If you've ever yelled fuck 12 you'd better be about it
'Cause they're never here to help us and they'll never try to hide it
Your struggles mirror mine even if they're not the same
We have nothing to lose and everything to gain
So in pieces we take to the streets screaming let them breathe
'Cause they leave in their knees in the bodies of our people
Justice for all or justice for none
We reach for an answer and always get the same response
"Ignorance is bliss, shh listen for the beauty in the silence"
And that's how they manage to keep us divided
These states are united we showed up in lockdown
We broke down the silence
The system is oppressive the news is depressing
We wake up to violence now flip the perspective
Ain't no peace 'till there's justice
Ain't no justice in these streets
I hope we gather around the country
Just to show them what we mean
Whose streets, whose streets, whose streets, whose streets
Ain't no peace 'till there's justice
Ain't no justice in these streets
I hope we gather around the country
Just to show them what we mean
Whose streets, whose streets, whose streets, whose streets

Written by:
Jay Kim

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