White privilege Though we condemn it And act resistant It continues to plague us And test what we are made of It is showcased in every look as we pass by We never have to go for a run with people having questions in their eyes Thinking we must be leaving the scene of a crime We never have to worry about getting pulled over because we were slightly speeding And being unnecessarily restrained while cops search the car for dope Gunned in broad daylight because we were wearing a suspicious looking hoodie with pockets that made us look like we were reaching for a gun Or live with the fear that someone might come by in the night And arrest us for a crime we never committed Or worse shoots us through the door more than 20 times Gunning us down in the middle of the night In our homes In a raid gone wrong Or when we are strong-armed by cops who insist They are on the side of the law we never have to worry about a brawl or being teargassed in the mall or made to fall on the ground and being further restrained to the point where we can’t even breathe and die a death of agony even when we say please Our world today is ******* up And torn affray By racism that has never really gone away Because hatred and fear Lead the way Instead of humanity And equality And human rights That are not represented by the cops, courts, and government leaders Who like to preach these things our way We are also accomplices to this We like to scream injustice and flash the cameras And act like we have always stood on justices’ side When these horrendous acts take place But that is not enough We have to make it an everyday case This can’t be the new normal This is not okay Racism is not here to stay We must be vocal, resistant, and fight injustice In the everyday And not act as bystanders or co-creators of hate So the Breonna Taylor’s, Ahmaud Arbery’s, and George Floyd’s Of this world might just be saved Instead of casualties of this inherent hate America continues to propagate