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Spoiled Bunch
Spoiled apples in your bunch have crushed my view of you
Transitioning you from Officer Friendly to an enemy in blue
Y'all should say Soo Woo for all the blood that y'all spread
Cuz everytime I turn around another one of us is dead
Are y'all bred to raise y'all legs and piss on our faith & hope
Because you know that both are our strongest means to cope
It's like we dropped the soap and weighted ropes keeps our faces down
With our pants to the ground as you emaciate the pretty, round brown
Don't like how that sounds or the image it evokes?
Imagine trying to breathe through the chokes & the strokes
As y'all go for broke with all of the smoke you're bringing
Disguising it with lies as reasons why you keep on killing
Hearing the sirens of police is like hearing a beast howling at the moon
Hands up, you still shoot like we're at the O.K. Corral saloon at high noon
Soon and very soon we are going to see the King is what we keep singing
My best guess is that our relentless duress will continue until he's seen
Transitioning you from Officer Friendly to an enemy in blue
Y'all should say Soo Woo for all the blood that y'all spread
Cuz everytime I turn around another one of us is dead
Are y'all bred to raise y'all legs and piss on our faith & hope
Because you know that both are our strongest means to cope
It's like we dropped the soap and weighted ropes keeps our faces down
With our pants to the ground as you emaciate the pretty, round brown
Don't like how that sounds or the image it evokes?
Imagine trying to breathe through the chokes & the strokes
As y'all go for broke with all of the smoke you're bringing
Disguising it with lies as reasons why you keep on killing
Hearing the sirens of police is like hearing a beast howling at the moon
Hands up, you still shoot like we're at the O.K. Corral saloon at high noon
Soon and very soon we are going to see the King is what we keep singing
My best guess is that our relentless duress will continue until he's seen
Published 15th Apr 2021
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15th Apr 2021 10:58pm
15th Apr 2021 11:08pm
Thanks bro. I keep trying to veer away from this subject matter but it's a futile effort when the same hurt keeps arising. Appreciate you taking the time to read and comment. Hope all's well with you.
16th Apr 2021 1:34pm
I too was raised on the officer friendly untruth
Takes daily work to call these bully boys of the ruling class the enemies of black folks that they truly are
Takes daily work to call these bully boys of the ruling class the enemies of black folks that they truly are
29th May 2021 7:44pm
Spoiled bunch indeed. It's scary to think these fools are given licenses to kill without consequence.
great write sir.
great write sir.
29th May 2021 8:22pm
