protocol: shoot to kill

When does it get better?

When it was flawed from the beginning

We live in a country built on

the chains and fetters

Of others

We live in a country where having blind eyes 

is easier and telling lies

Is easier

And when black men die

It’s easier to say he had gun

Give him time at least for the crime if committed

But no they leave him

 behind in the streets

They leave him to 

die in the streets

They leave him

To retreat to the safety

Reserved and never contested 

of the kills that they never confessed 

While black brothers and sisters are left dead

And families are left neglected 

Of the truth because they kept it.

When does it get better

When people record the murders

And find themselves getting the short end

Of a small stick

The short end for getting people to notice

That black people die for no crime

The short end for wanting justice

For the cops who deserve time 

Without them there will be nothing

Their sacrifice is everything

They get the short end

And a jail sentence

For exposing police to the public

They get the short end

For validating what a community

Has suffered from for decades 

They get the short end

And people forget them

When does it get better

When white violent supremacist are protected

When peaceful diverse protesters are rejected

When

There are people who think we should be segregated

people who are still mad that a black man was elected

people that are proud to be a racist

people who believe violence is necessary

To eliminate all non white races 

When does it get better

When i am afraid of my designated protectors

When the second amendment only applies for one race

And if i'm seen with a gun 

It's suddenly open season

A hunting party commences

And I'm an easy target

To the men in blue 

Because my skin color 

Is a beacon

And my life could end at any 

Second 

I am restricted by my own rights 

Black lives were never given a chance 

When given false hope that they could live behind a picket fence

Like everyone else

When we are still seen as a sore sight of society

It's ok to damn me but not the cops 

As they regard black lives like lamb chops

When our anger is regarded as extra

As if we should expect death 

For existing as everyone else does

For fighting for a cause

That is justified 

When black lives are lost 

When it takes point blank shots

To bring a defenseless man down

we sit down 

u mad

we stand up 

u mad

our hands up

we dead

our hands down

we dead

being defenseless and black 

is worse than the most deadliest diseases

protocol: shoot to kill

when does it end?