A protest is coming, screaming Black Lives Matter, and it goes like this. A protest is coming, like a New York subway train, all races, ages on board united as one, from all around the world screaming, “I can’t breathe.” “No justice, no peace.” “No more Black bodies murdered by the hands of the police.” A protest is coming, speaking truth to power. A protest is coming, screaming “Black Lives Matter.”
A protest is coming, led by you. A protest is coming., led by the youth. A protest is coming—haven’t you heard? A protest is coming, so spread the word. The world saw him handcuffed and dying in the streets, begging for his life, “Please, I can’t breathe. Don’t kill me. I can’t breathe, momma.” These are the words George Floyd uttered as he suffered before he died with a police officer’s knee on his neck, sending thousands into the street in protest. A protest is coming, speaking truth to power.
A protest is coming, screaming “Black Lives Matter.” A protest is coming, led by you. A protest is coming, led by the youth. A protest is coming—haven’t you heard? A protest is coming, so spread the word. This is a movement we have been waiting for, led by you, the youth, fearless and not afraid to speak truth. No shackles are tied to political agenda. You can’t be bought because you stand on the shoulders of those who fought. The Black Power movement gave birth to the Black Lives Matter. Your minds are free because you know your history. You are not enslaved by fear or lack of knowledge. Your voice can be heard in the streets as well as in colleges.
A protest is coming, speaking truth to power. A protest is coming, screaming “Black Lives Matter.” This pain is too deep, too real for the world not to feel Black mothers crying, screaming. They are tired of seeing their Black babies dying. Silence is no longer an option. The electricity is in the air, expressing fear, outrage, anger and despair, creating a climate for change, so we are not going to let the news media try to change the subject, talking about the looting—no, this protest is going to keep the focus on the police murderous shooting.
A protest is coming, like a New York subway train, all races, all ages on board united as one, from all around the world, screaming “I can’t breathe.” “No justice, no peace.” “No more bodies, Black bodies murdered by the hands of the police.” A protest is coming, speaking truth to power. A protest is coming, screaming “Black Lives Matter.” This nation is torn apart. The police shooting must stop, so stand with us, so you can feel what’s in our hearts. March with us, so you can hear with your ears what we have been going through for years and see with your eyes the injustice against us. This nation is torn apart, but together we can mend heart.
A protest is coming, speaking truth to power. A protest is coming, screaming “Black Lives Matter.” A protest is coming—haven’t you heard? A protest is coming, so spread the word. God is raining down tears from the universe, so you can feel this pain and taste the hurt. From the Black blood soaked into this earth, giving birth to the movement has awaken our minds, screaming “Now is the time to come together,” and breathe as one like the breath of life that God breathed into each and every one of us, so it is a blessing to see other races finally getting on board of this train towards change. However, this ride wasn’t free. It started with way back with Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad fighting to be free, giving voice to you and me. But George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery paid the ultimate price for you and me, so may they finally breathe in peace, as they look down from heaven and see their death wasn’t in vain, and know that they were the fuel to this engine of this subway train towards change.
A protest is coming, haven’t you heard? A protest is coming, so spread the word that all lives matter and Black Lives Matter.
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