This is a story of a friend
And about how he met his end
I remember seeing he go
Everyone around him screaming no
I remember sitting there watching the 2008 election
We were all cheering, showing our affection
Then later that year, he was in some trouble
Suspended from school, education into rubble
So he started selling things and doing things that he shouldn't
He wanted to start over but he knew that he couldn’t
But one day he prayed to god
And what happened, kinda odd
He got a job and could afford to go to a different school
Everyone was proud ,and everything was cool
But one day he ran into a cop on the street
The cop shot him, took his life the collaboration of lead and heat
All because this young man was running down town
Because he liked to jog and sprint around
Boys 2 men that’s what we thought
they die until we fought
Stop the killing and the violence
Talk of peace and of kindness
We thought we were equal it isn’t quite done
The mission we will achieve for they killed another one

By :Ahmed Barrow