By: Cedric McClester

We’ve seen this movie
Too many times before
Sadly now it’s playing
In Baltimore
Is it arcane police culture
When their nerves are raw
That has us again seeing
What we already saw

This isn’t an indictment
I don’t have the facts
But I do have a question
Why’s it always blacks
Who wind up shot, strangled
Or with broken backs
When the police intervene
Just follow their tracks

Now I’m not saying
All cops are bad
I’m just commenting on
The ones that are rad’
Who bring about outcomes
That usually turn bad
And funeral services
That are always sad

We’ve seen this movie
Too many times before
Sadly now it’s playing
In Baltimore
Is it arcane police culture
When their nerves are raw
That has us again seeing
What we already saw



(c) Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester.  All rights reserved.