Slam for Trayvon: Running from Superman
A shadow in the night
Here comes the opportunity.
For some Old timer, trying to be Superman
to redeem himself.
A shadow in the night.
I'll take him
This comfy little suburb
I'll save it.
For in the night
lurks a shadow
In the night
lurks a monster
But
In the night
lurks a boy
who was just trying to get home
In the night
lurks a boy
who was trying to hold his own
in the night
lurks a boy
arizona and skittles in hand
In the night
lurks a boy's body
destroyed by the "Savior's" command
In the night
cries a mother
with lost dreams
and dead hopes
cries friends
who are afraid of the unknown
cries young black males
who don't even know
What they mean to this society
anymore.
and in the night
Superman cries Self-defense
but it was Superman
who someone needed defense against
In the night
murdered are civil rights
Oh, What a lonely night.