Is it the roots of my hair
Color of my skin...

N these days
It seems like we're struggling just to make a...

When will there b peace on earth
Maybe when theirs no one left alive...

We awake to a heavy smell of smoke gun shots every...
And as we walk to school it's nothing new to see a...

I'm black and I'm proud.
Not no African American but, Black American...

Right now I can't explain the way I feel because...
I'm not mad but I don't know what 2 call it...

Insightful thoughts grazed my mind at moments that...
Then, seeing U n person only hatred is all I can c...

Time after time it's the excuse
Trying 2 apologize 4 the same thing...

I no longer run from the shadow of death
I've accomplished all my goals and have nothing...

I'll be there
By your side...

I'm lost n the mirror when I look at myself
I'm fresh 2 death n these clothes but I'm staring...

Haven't U heard that the world is going up n smoke
Hands of time can't turn it back...