I'm Tired
GB (Gifted & Blessed)
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It's hard to figure out what to say about George Floyd This man kneeled on a man's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds Can you imagine that I don't mean to get heavy but we gotta say something I am the activist, I am the pacifist I am the Malcolm X, I am the Kaepernick I am authentic, never one to counterfeit Encounters with the doubts of my duality been challenging Who are you? The one I grapple with or go to battle with? Are you my ally, my oppressor, or my advocate My face is blue, it's like the weight gon' make me crack Prepared to face the truth or you still waiting for the facts? Hmm My people stressed, they can't respect or trust the law When those who should protect come at your neck, who do you call? We rioting, protesting, just expressing our frustration You more concerned with what's in store than what this country's taken from us Stay at home to stay alive but we ain't safe inside When will the day arrive where we enjoy the basic rights? See all the hate and watch it permeate these days and times I seen how far we came but know we got a ways to climb We at the end of our rope, feel like they hung us They might not claim the Klan but in some hoods they still among us, I Cover my face, I gotta pray to God above us I know it's crazy but I still believe somehow He love us I love us, forreal They hunt us, to kill While every drop of blood is spilled y'all just sitting still, like it's cool I guess it only happens in the news I guess it ain't that bad until it's happening to you Or maybe it's somebody you know You know that one black friend you always claim for validation so you not a racist? You and your black friend ain't never had that conversation That ain't no real relationship, that's your imagination Silence is deafening, we don't hear you talking You think it's golden? That ain't wealth you holding That's just help withholding Don't wanna see or be outspoken, let your heart be broken Once you've collected every piece, you'll see it's hard to hold it in Now here we are again We still the underdogs, against the odds, it's hard to win They burned us down to ashes in this chapter, by the end They gon' see us like a Phoenix, I believe we'll rise again That's a promise, not a threat That's a promise, not a threat Yeah, I believe we'll rise again That's a promise, not a threat I can't tell you, as a man Watching another man go through something like that What it makes you feel like For 8 minutes and 46 seconds For 8 minutes and 46 seconds I can't get that number out of my head When I watched that tape I understood that man knew he was gonna die Watch one shooting after another Eric Garner in New York First guy that told police, "I can't breathe" Eric Garner was selling loose cigarettes in Staten Island Got murdered by one police officer while five of his fellow officers watched him do it The guy killed the person that they were, uh, uh Wha, what do you call it? Apprehending? The guy was selling loose cigarettes There goes Eric Garner And then we have one after the other Trayvon Martin, when he was murdered by George Zimmerman Boy, how do we feel? How do we feel lately? This kid was 15 years old being followed by a grown man with a gun We were very upset This kid looked eerily like the President Looked like my own children Hit the streets, we got to marching It goes on and on And then, one weekend A law-abiding citizen, right here, in Beavercreek, was murdered He says, "Drop the weapon" Bang Bang Bang This kid didn't even have enough time to register that he was the one being smoked Michael Brown got shot the same week, and Michael Brown became the story Then Am I boring you? Well, then, right back in Minneapolis, is Philando Castile Law-abiding citizen, he was a registered gun carrier He was trying to show the police the paperwork for his registered weapon And was murdered in front of his wife and his child These are our people The are our countrymen We're not desperate for heroes in the Black community "Oh, he was a this, he did that, he's a drug addict and he's not a hero And why does the Black community make him a hero? Why do you choose him as a hero?" We didn't choose him, you did They killed him, and that wasn't right, so he's the guy This is not funny at all These streets will speak for themselves, whether I'm alive or dead I trust you guys, I love you guys We'll keep this space open This is the last stronghold for civil discourse I love you very much Thank you for being here, goodnight
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