Freedom Riders, Can you hear me? I’m finding it hard to breathe
Do you have any tips you can tell me?
Hey great grandparents all generations that can be before and with you, I can’t breathe looks like I’ll be seeing you
Do you laugh or are proud when you see me
Are my dreams of freedom and peace just thoughtless fantasies?
I can’t breathe
The boot of the new and improved Jim Crow on my neck stifles me
Hello, can anyone hear me? I can’t breathe
The police are beating me
The blood of my brothers and sisters runs in the streets
Shared like porn on social media for everyone’s eyes to see
Anyone? I can’t breathe
Shared like porn, but I can’t help but wonder how many more haven’t received justice because we didn’t see
Suffocated by the overwhelming silence of other minorities
It’s just a word they scream, but can they see me bleed?
I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe.
The thought to conceive a little black baby in this world fills me with unease
Black lives matter, why should I have to plead my message with society.
Mama Africa, Can you hear me? I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe
I have been told my skin is a disease
Always under critique
They won’t stop till we bleed.
Amerikkka the supposed land of the free
Just take you foot off my neck man, I can’t breathe
I want to vote for you I do
But Your calls for unity are used to deceive me
Never. Backed up with concrete policies
God, can you hear me?
Aren’t we all the same underneath?
When will racism cease?
Fearfully and Wonderfully made, one love for all please
- Melita Anderson
