Fools Gold

A man took a knee, said he was standing for we

And you couldn't even turn off the TV

A man took a knee, said he was standing for

Weed Turned out to be an ad for Nike

Then we axed while we're comedy So easily are we infiltrated by money

So easily are we awed by the theatrics Of someone looking like they'll help we

A simple comment, a minor gesture And we're filled with the energy

Putting our faith in others While calling each other sister and brother

So I look to another Who would rather downplay our suffer

Than build with each other

Is the hatred that deep

Or has the comfort of our enemy's bed

Become such that it aids our sleep

You play along with their fantasy

To pretend to be misled

You cry victim then ask why won't you accept me

You use their rhetoric like victim blaming

As if you don't know what you're saying

As if a tiger should be punished for being a tiger

When the soon to be victim knew the full capabilities of said tiger

In the midst of you pretending all you're doing is surrendering

That's why they always end up above your coffin

Grey robin, leading you to nothing

It took them, putting you on the screen

For you to take pride in what you should've

already seen A magical place that truly exists

But it took for them, for you to finally witness it

A people ignorant to their own knowledge

Choosing to look to their oppressor for their

Own knowledge Always searching for times of peace

That's why we're destroying the war

You ever stop to think why they hate you for

Why they imitate your culture

Give us disease and hide the cure

It seems you'd rather beg for a handout

Than truly figure a way out

You'd rather complain for an equal right

Than realize only those with power

Get to dictate what's right In the land of the free, home of the brave

You'd rather cry, please accept me And die like a slave

Just because a liquor store fled the hood

Doesn't mean you gotta partake of the good

Most claim we want better So why aren't we discussing

Who's elected as a governor or mayor?

At what point do we take aim

And truly learn the game?

Pick someone from the community

And back them with money

It could be something as simple

As a GoFundMe

But forward thinking isn't a priority