ALM (A Lack of eMpathy)

Hahaha go head Uh yeah You know what I really believe Most of our problems are caused by A lack of empathy The ability or I say the inability to look at somebody's problem Simply because of, you know, what you're going through Huh But as much as I'd like to say We gotta change our ways and whatnot I can't sit here and lie and act like I'm not doing the same thing Cuz at the end of the day, when I look at myself Shit I'm guilty of it too Check it out An alarm was ringing but I kept my eyes closed Continued sleeping hitting snooze until I couldn't so I Woke up Frustrated on the wrong side of bed Better button up my shirt before my job can dock my bread Cuz I'm late again, all cuz I'm late again Like a minute is too much to lose on the buisness' end But the clock's telling me I still got some time to spend My decision came from my stomach rumbling Thought I'd eat some cereal, maybe watch a video Logged online and all I see is a sea of posts that drown the folks In footage of a black man dying from police In images of violence and riots in the streets In a scene of obscene police brutality Painting pictures of systems where no justice is found it seems I hadda disconnect before my mood was killed But to top it all off I didn't have some milk damn Now talk about some silly first world problems On the road to work I swear God tried to talk and Gave me a red light so I can stop and see Someone begging for change holding a sign to read I pretend I don't notice my eyes stay focused on my life cuz I might feel guilt inside And when I try to tune it out with some music to calm me down My heart sang me a song to push a thought in sight Singing What's it like Tell me what it's like To only care about a problem that's directly in your life What's it like Tell me what it's like When nobody seems to feel your pain What's it like Tell me what it's like To only care about a problem that's directly in your life What's it like Tell me what it's like When nobody seems to feel your pain I think we all have beliefs that we hold true But sometimes drop them in the moment that they're called to Soon to chant a fundamental but don't practice past the pencil To the ALM group, this verse is for you Tell me What is a life in your eyes Do you believe in what you say or do you lie If all lives really mattered I'd imagine you be madder When seeing how Derek knelt until Floyd hadda die but no You wanna talk about the stats And only speak to make a point and that's a fact Don't tell me you empathize when all that's televised are critiques On how to properly protest than riot in the streets You fighting for police despite them harming the peace You standing idly by while the guilty receive paid leave Like a person who witnessed wrong but don't help now here's the truth You only care when it affects you For those who feel but stand still just think about Emmett Till His mama opened his casket to open the eyes revealed To a nation of skeptics doubting to push equality We're living in 2020 yet we still can't see Cuz the truth's not enough The proof's not enough Floyd's murders detained only after people stood up Till's casket was the catalyst the change was the fit All lives never mattered 'til the black lives said shit What's it like Tell me what it's like To only care about a problem that's directly in your life What's it like Tell me what it's like When nobody seems to feel your pain What's it like Tell me what it's like To only care about a problem that's directly in your life What's it like Tell me what it's like When nobody seems to feel your pain See The sound of only caring 'bout the problems in your life Might be appealing since you're feeling how it hurts you right But the moment you need to know you're not alone they're on your side And they're not, may kill you inside A lack of empathy, a lack of empathy Is the first step to disconnect from our centerpiece Cuz when we each forget about a problem not affecting us We lose our respect for the rest of us How many of us Know what it's like to see the backs of our friends' In situations where we're faced with pain and wished they would tend How many times have she shed light on the sins In those moments for a person we know was wrong on them We distant the instant we can't relate That's why some guys can still objectify the woman they date Talk slick to a chick just to Get it on But karma claps back like a good response See it might not bother you, 'til you have a daughter who Brings home the guy she met to the family's barbecue And you shake the hand of a man who claims he loves her but he lies Cuz you can see how he has your intentions in his eyes Karma What's it like Tell me what it's like To only care about a problem that's directly in your life What's it like Tell me what it's like When nobody seems to feel your pain What's it like Tell me what it's like To only care about a problem that's directly in your life What's it like Tell me what it's like When nobody seems to feel your 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