Transparent-C - Suffocate

Since when did the color of my skin
Become weaponized and you're afraid of me
Since when did I become afraid of having asthma
Because I can't breathe
Knee on my neck choke hold in check
For walking in the wrong neighborhood
They wanna mess with me and make a bet
They can control me and make me wet
My hands are up don't shoot is a phrase that's been ingrained in me
When I get pulled over by a cop
I pray that the body cam can save me
But that don't mean thing
Cause in the moment because they don't care about that
They go home on leave and pay but thats not the part thats bad
Black mothers become sad
Kid's loses their dad
No arrests are made while we're villainized as an angry black man
This is the America that we live in today
We're idolized for our culture and our sports and that's not ok
The only guarantee to survive is a celebrity status
But if you're a hard working black person
You've got a bigger target on your back
So we're pushed and we're beat until we suffocate
With no more breath in our lungs to see another day

Written by:
Cecil Ford

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