shit's gotta stop
must i hear another mother cry
when she gets the news
that her son's died?
must i keep my black
at the ready
prepared for another funeral costume?
must i put another of my black men down,
so soon?
must i bury another one of my family in the ground
too soon?
gone before their time
as i see grief stricken faces
so familiar to me
kin on both sides.

please stop killing us.
you're not just killing them
you're taking bits and pieces of us.
you're a part of us.
remember you're not apart from us.
why do you fail to acknowledge?
why must i constantly shed tears
because of the ignorance of my peers?

niggas.
that's who you want to be?
that's what you are.
ignorance is prevalent
as you start these wars.
forgetting the risks
and the repercussions
with these deviled machines
this island's too small
to give into the reign of those things.

please stop
ripping families apart
these bullets ain't just tearing through bodies
they're tearing through minds and psyches
producing worry in hearts
of the mother whose son has gone out for a night on the town
for the father whose daughter has decided to take a quick walk around.

fear will grip this island in its clutches
as it changes drastically
and today, right now, it seems as if it'll get no better
it'll only get worse
as we're caught up in this curse
of metal, iron, lead, gunpowder, steel
combined to create these weapons of mass destruction
combined to make easy the ability to kill
that these niggas feel
will create peace for them and theirs
they refuse to see the tears
as they improperly remove
the light from his eyes
the joy from his heart
his soul from this earth.

who are you to chose, to decide
who lives and who dies?
please believe me
ignorance blinds
enlgihten you
and stop this nonsensical violence.

shit's gotta stop.

15.12.09

r.i.p. to those we've lost along the way.

“Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.”
-- Henry Nouwen

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
--Isaac Asimov