Soften the blow

Sift the blood of God and pull power towards the light

Let the silence hold your heart

Make violence learn your name

We're all victims here

Existing as someone else's antagonist gnostic prophet

Learned the bitter meaning of Allegiance

Look me in the eyes when you say things are equal

Tell me how to explain my humanity

Do you carry pros and cons like unforeseen infection

Is every breath you'll ever take blessed and cursed as such

Does the concept of bravery carry scars like pack mules

Does it tear your skin away when stereotypes arrive at your feet

You can see and hear the tension in the air

I hope the living water you cherish never quenches your murderous thirst

You keep saying we all matter

Prove it with your self sacrifice

Let this negation disrupt your day to day

Let the hands you feel on your shoulder melt through your exceptional dream

They'll close around your throat, a struggle we've grown used to

The blood keeps coming no matter how you pack the wound

Tell me how I'm suppose to heal if I take more and more abuse

Clutch for pearls like a knife in your body

Welcome the roost home

I can rant and rave and curse until the Black skin I keep turns blue in its face

I can rant and rave and curse until the Black skin I carry turns blue in it's face