In our recent days our country has faced
Countless tragedies that can’t ever be erased.
From terrorism and violence, protests and shootings
It’s no surprise that our nation is moving
Towards a state of unrest, nowhere close to our best
And where everyone’s just wondering what’s next.
It seems like we can’t go a week without hearing
About police taking actions, taking lives and disappearing
Out of the public eye, trying to lay low and hide
So they aren’t the next victims of a mass call for suicide.
The media keeps pushing that cops keep rushing
To judgements that often are fatal.
But that’s how they are trained, to aim and face blame
And do what it take to KEEP US SAFE.
And so in my mind, though my age may make me blind,
I think our fight’s not against those who protect us.
Not all cops are good, sure some are downright bad
But without them we all could easily be dead.
They keep law and order so that we can survive
So that we can prosper, so that we can thrive.
If we attack them and take their authority,
America will regress, we won’t improve to where we could be.
But if our fight’s not against the ones with the guns
Then who is responsible for this so-called war we’ve begun?
I don’t think I’m alone in my thoughts on placing blame
On the people making villains of every cop with a name.
The media, social networks, and even Black Lives Matter
Promote EVERY TRAGEDY like it’s the first one in history!
They glamourize murder, they popularize crime
They turn the smallest disagreements into America’s greatest divide.
Always jumping to conclusions, accusing with no facts,
They incite the public to take part in blind acts.
“Books are the carriers of [our] civilation”
So pick up some Thoreau or King before you make some half-hearted declaration.
Nowadays people hardly know why they’re marching.
They just want to keep up with groups that are parting
Ways with the mainstream, the way things used to be,
Used to be in history, to create a world for you and me
Better than the older one and brighter than the morning sun.
But the sad truth is, IT CAN’T BE DONE!
A perfect society cannot exist.
Hatred and violence will always persist.
It’s the curse of the fallen world that we live in,
And it won’t stop until we stop livin’.
And so the one solution to our problems and our pain
Is to switch up the tune to the song that we’ve sang.
If we promote positivity and stop the insane
Idea that ALL whites hate blacks and vice versa just the same,
We might catch a glimpse of how our world should be,
Just like it was before the time of Adam and Eve,
Achieving the ideals of life, liberty and prosperity.
Only together can we ever see change.
If we’re divided, we fall; it’ll be our nation that WE hang.
But if there has to be some semblance of dissidence,
Keep in mind the terms of Civil Disobedience.
Unjust laws and systems should be altered,
But by proper means, with no wars or martyrs.
Change the rules while obeying the rules,
Discussion and peace are our best tools.
Our call is simple, and our charge is this:
To lay down our guns, ease the words from our lips,
Stand side by side, as brothers and sisters not slaves and masters
And sing “Glory to God” because ALL LIVES MATTER.
