When They See Us
When they see us
They don’t see human but only our color
When they see us
They don’t care, that we’re someone mother, father, sister or brother
When they see us
They see us as the most dangerous animal out, roaming the streets
When they say us
We’re told not to move, if so, shots fired, now we’re under 6 feet
When they see us
They see thugs, gangs, nothing but violence
When they see us
They don’t see equality, there don’t hear our voice, our words to them is nothing but silence
When they see us
They don’t see us having a future but more like a stat
When they see us
They hate us but kill so hard just to be black
When they see us
They see a way to make us feel less than, as if we’re nothing to be
But when I see us
I see nothing but power & knowledge, that originated from true kings & queens
By: A.Walton
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