You would think we would have moved passed this
Learned our lesson
Realized from history our colossal mistake
I feel helpless
I want to strike, flight back
But it's all temporary
It ends
And then there's just a new victim
In a different place
With a different case
I hear a new case almost every week
Of police brutality
Unlawful arrest
Uneccesary force
"All lives matter, not just black lives matter" they say
But who's lives are in danger?
When an officer pulls over me and my friends, I'm scared
I don't want to be the next headline
The new marter
For an unending cause
Black lives matter
Because
It's not going away
It's just a new victim
A different case
In a different place
The news shows us what happened
Videos and pictures of murder
Assaults
We're outraged
We're devastated
Again?
Why?
And then time goes on
Life moves forward
And we move past it
And the memory gets faint
Until the news comes on
With a new victim
In a different place
With a different case
I want this to stop
The vicious cycle of hate
When will it stop?
When we don't make it temporary
The names never fading from our conscious
And make a change
With no more victims
No more cases
And only love in different places
Learned our lesson
Realized from history our colossal mistake
I feel helpless
I want to strike, flight back
But it's all temporary
It ends
And then there's just a new victim
In a different place
With a different case
I hear a new case almost every week
Of police brutality
Unlawful arrest
Uneccesary force
"All lives matter, not just black lives matter" they say
But who's lives are in danger?
When an officer pulls over me and my friends, I'm scared
I don't want to be the next headline
The new marter
For an unending cause
Black lives matter
Because
It's not going away
It's just a new victim
A different case
In a different place
The news shows us what happened
Videos and pictures of murder
Assaults
We're outraged
We're devastated
Again?
Why?
And then time goes on
Life moves forward
And we move past it
And the memory gets faint
Until the news comes on
With a new victim
In a different place
With a different case
I want this to stop
The vicious cycle of hate
When will it stop?
When we don't make it temporary
The names never fading from our conscious
And make a change
With no more victims
No more cases
And only love in different places