Stop getting after people,
For not fitting your race driven HOA
It would be a boring world,
If we all looked, talked and felt the exact same way.
Stand up, speak out and say it’s not OK.
This intolerance of tolerance can’t go on another day.
Where will you tell your kids you were
On racial independence day?
It’s a cry out
No to what I know that I should know to say no:
To the treatment
To the suffering
To the Indignity
To the lack of humility
It’s a cry out
No to what I know that I should know to say no:
To the treatment
To the suffering
To the indignity
To the lack of humility
It’s a cry out
White male, I was born on a pedestal,
Innocent until guilty, my crimes are hypothetical.
I see flashing lights,
It’s a mere inconvenience.
I’ve never had to beg for my life,
Just a small amount of lenience.
I get pulled over, not cuffed
Questioned, not searched.
Why do I simply have to be compliant
To not have the right to remain silent?
It’s not enough to see why enough is enough
To put an end to tyranny
So we can see color and not hate
To alter someone’s fate
Why is it so hard to love instead of discriminate?
My opinion is unpopular? I dont care.
I’ve never had my future held altered by a body cam.
It’s a cry out
No to what I know that I should know to say no:
To the treatment
To the suffering
To the Indignity
To the lack of humility
It’s a cry out
Not to what I know that I should know to say no:
To the treatment
To the suffering
To the indignity
To the lack of humility
It’s a cry out
Do you ever feel like being white is just too good to be true?
Are you after what is fair or just convenient for you?
You see, if it’s rolling around in here (Head)
It will come out through here (Mouth)
Until you feel it in here (Heart)
And its felt everywhere
Be better than acceptable
Rise above looking the other way
The next George Floyd doesn’t have another day
Now you have to choose,
Your legacy or your white supremacy
In the fight for the oppressed, will you do what you can do?
What will the history books say about you?
It’s a cry out
No to what I know that I should know to say no:
To the treatment
To the suffering
To the Indignity
To the lack of humility
It’s a cry out
Not to what I know that I should know to say no:
To the treatment
To the suffering
To the indignity
To the lack of humility
It’s a cry out
By: Ken Vogel