Anniversary of King's death they swear we livin the dream, I swear we livin the nightmare.
Been focused on home this week, missed a lot of news. I dreamt I was coming out of some spot wit my mans after rapppin about Steve Biko. Felt the heat before I even looked outside & even though I knew what time it was, looked at me watch, damn't I don't even wear a watch, saw them boys, mad deep & felt for my glock, damnit I don't even got a glock. Saw my mans get hit & dive behind some 26's, went back in 'for I was even really out, dispatched the dispatch before I knew what was p, exited the avatar state in cuffs. Prayed hard my kids wouldn't believe the tv, would know what ma was on. Prayed harder if I was sent off by fire, it would like devil's night, not no damn candlelit vigil. Woke up, with breathin feelin odd, pseudo freedom feelin temporary. Caught the news Sean Bell's killers got off. Didn't experience the shock, that surprises me folks are still capable of feelin...it was deja vu.
Tell me something
what you think would happen if
everytime they kill a black boy
then we kill a cop
everytime they kill a black man
then we kill a cop
you think the accident rate would lower subsequently?
June Jordan
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