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On the night I learn about Demitri Allison I smoke and I cry And I drink And I try And I talk And I laugh Like I ain’t me I look in the mirror And I look in the mirror And I see And I look Again I reflect And I respect This shell that leaves me without helmet Exposed To the elements Prison Statistics Poor Health And I wanna go home Let my family know I am not A brown boy falling from 3000 miles up
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Dec 2, 2015
Dec 2, 2015 at 3:12 PM UTC
Falling Up
On the night I learn about Demitri Allison I smoke and I cry And I drink And I try And I talk And I laugh Like I ain’t me I look in the mirror And I look in the mirror And I see And I look Again I reflect And I respect This shell that leaves me without helmet Exposed To the elements Prison Statistics Poor Health And I wanna go home Let my family know I am not A brown boy falling from 3000 miles up
My response to hearing about the death of Demitri Allison a Black college football player who jumped off a dorm room at UNC Chapel Hill.
#college#chapel#football#hill#cj#blacklivesmatter#unc#elon#suitt
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Dec 2, 2015
Dec 2, 2015 at 3:12 PM UTC
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