Do you really care

But do you really care?

That we are thrown away with the rest?

Given an identity only based on the color of our skin

Giving them an excuse based on the clothes we wear

Violence every night

Drugged up dad beat up mom

It’s hard to get by on the streets

More or less at home

Now we walk the streets only to be judged

We fear the police

only scared to see our friend’s blood

They murder, they blame, they judge and it’s all the same

The same excuse, the same shame

They thought they saw a weapon

They thought they were threatened

They were scared for their lives

Monstrous teenagers were after them

And you believe ‘em?

You trust them?

Trust what they say to be facts?

We are human too

Yet you fear us?

How are we any different?

Some of us do try and succeed

Some of us do try and believe

In dreams and in nightmares too

But it’s hard when your mom’s been shot

It’s hard when they label you

You feel that maybe the shoe does fit

But do you really care?