I wish that people could understand that color of skin doesn't matter
Police killing innocent black men and my soul begins to shatter
I watch the news and again, another negro dies
Makes me believe that everything in the government is filled with lies
Why does it have to be the black man that suffers in this country?
Even in my own state, I feel like hiding or running
Everywhere I go, I'm treated like the villain
Thinking I will rob someone, when in reality I'm chillin'
Why can't I just live the life that God has simply givin'
Just the color of my skin is different?
Because of this, I have to work twice as hard for the goals I want to achieve
Which is hard, because in this generation, I'm struggling to believe
That things will be easier and that I will survive
Well, if I can't be accepted by my peers, then why am I alive?
I mean, to you, since I'm not white, automatically I ain't a person
So this is the life that you think I'm deserving
Cops shooting at me because I fit the crime description?
He gets tried for murder, but leaves with paid suspension?
If you ain't blind, you would understand that this is simple manslaughter
Did that cop ever think that this man might have a daughter?
Or a son or a wife that he works hard for every day?
After this, the cops show no remorse in any type of way
I continued to be scarred with every dead body that I saw
It's a scary feeling being unable to believe in the law
I mean, come on! The young bull was only 17!
He had ambitions of graduating college and making lots of green
Wanted to have a family and make his own story
Instead, he was shot down, leaving his body all gory
The part that breaks my heart is that it was by a cop
Everyday, because of this, I pray to God for the violence to stop
I can't even home without being scared to die
Because I'm afraid a cop might stop me and harass me before my eyes
If I even lift a finger, I be shot in the head
And I have reason to believe that the cops wanted me dead
And I don't know what scares me more about being shot in the brain
Either me being dead or my family unable to bear the pain
I live for more than myself, my family,friends, and God is my motivation
They're the reason why I fight to survive in this nation
And if they found out that a cop "accidentally" shot me cold
I can only imagine the pain that would bring to their soul
Everything I've talked about, I think about on the daily
Some of ya'll may agree with me, others may think I'm crazy
But it's times like this where I unleash my inner character
Because to the public, I'm just another Black man in America.
