Can you outrun the history Of violence and oppression
If you felt every inch of terror That was birthed from the bombs Every bit of anguish and loss If you paid the same wages of war Then maybe you to would see The inhumanity of drones
If your stomach growled With a pain so deep And you could not sleep Because of the fears you keep Maybe you would not stand For this poverty
If every bullet hole Cut partly into your skin Leaving painful impressions If the nightsticks bludgeoned Your beloved And you watched your oppressors Armor up for in house war Maybe you would abhor Police brutality
If the circle of kinship Surrounded more than just this Small social club you claim Then maybe the pain Of others would touch you Something as of late It has failed to do Maybe you could use A little empathy