Invisible Me

To people in New York
To people in California
To people in Memphis
To people all across this nation
Enough Enough
And we are not responsible
For the mental illness
That has been inflicted upon our people
By the American government
Institutions
And those people who are in positions of power
I don't give a damn if they burn down Target
Because Target should be on the streets with us
Calling for the Justice that our people deserve
Where was Auto Zone at the time
When Philando Castile was shot in a car
Which is what they actually represent? Where were they?
So if you are not coming to the peoples' defense
Then don't challenge us
When young people and other people who are frustrated and instigated
By the people you pay
You are paying instigators
To be among our people out there
Throwing rocks
Breaking windows
And burning down buildings
And so young people are responding to that
They are enraged
And there's an easy way to stop it
Arrest the cops
Charge the cops
Charge all the cops

Patiently I wait
For my turn
I never beg

Waiting for the day
When I earn
Your respect
But I never learn
Its hard enough to know that You reject me
May I ask why?
I can never tell
Questions are futile
Answers are unearthed
I may be a loser
But yet I'm burned

I am
(Charge the cops)
I am
I am
I am
What you could never see
What you could never see

Allow me to introduce myself
Again, you SeeMeNot

My heart breaks
My head aches
Every sound you make
No sense
You try to be important
I try to take a stand
Out for the count
I didn't ask for this
I didnt pray for this
It was
Given

I am...
I am...
I am...
I am...
I am...
I am...
I am
I-I-I-I-I- I-I-I-I am

What you could never see
Invisible me
My heart breaks
Every sound you make

This is Ahmaud Arbery being shot down
By white men on the streets of Georgia
Breonna Taylor being killed in her home
This is fighting the police officers
Who in the name of social distancing
Were damn near killing Black, young people
On our streets
And we are tired
So we are in a State of Emergency
Black people are dying
And we are tired
Do what you say
This country is supposed to be about The land of the free for all
It has not been free for Black people

And we are tired
And we are tired
And we are tired

To people in New York
To people in California
To people in Memphis
To people all across this nation
Enough is Enough