Blood Culture

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It was just like any other night in your city
And then the streets went red
Say his name, he can't speak
Cries out that he can't breathe
So they crush him beneath their knee
Like prey in a lion's jaw
We share and watch it endlessly
And offer all our sympathy
But is it truly enough?

Or will we forget by the weekend?
Continue where we were before
What is it good for?
There's no voice for the voiceless
If we only avoid this
Who will make it out alive
In this culture of blood?

Candy for the killers
For the free and white, isn't that nice?
Meanwhile, gas and guns
For the ones who live in fright every night
And we see no decency
Even when they protest peacefully
To serve and protect, inflame and infect
To murder and project
Say her name, she can't speak
Cries out that she can't breathe
So they crush her beneath their feet
Like a bug on a hot sidewalk
We share and watch it endlessly
And offer online sympathy
But is it truly enough?

Or will we forget by the weekend?
Continue where we were before
What is it good for?
There's no voice for the voiceless
If we only avoid this
Who will make it out alive
In this culture of blood?

Check your privilege and facts, clear your vision
Adults are talking, take a seat
Fuck permission, we don't ask
Plane crashing, get your mask
I can take a dime for every time
I've had to listen to you Confederate flag-flying fucks
And your bitching and I'd have
A million for BLM on the behalf of you disgraces
You're not concerned, you're fucking racist
Repping 'all lives matter' on the truck or the van
Black lives have gotta matter before all of 'em can
So I figure you must be misreading the script
Or that nobody ever taught you what hypocrisy is
Equal ain't a talk of politics
And that's the end of that
No left or right, it's right or wrong
Be sure you're getting that
No place to run, it's a billion of us and one of you
And we know where you stay too

Forget by the weekend
Continue where we were before
What is it good for?
There's no voice for the voiceless
If we only avoid this
Who will make it out alive
In this culture of blood?



Credits
Writer(s): Justin Alexander Smith
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