Remember when we burned
down the federal fences
and let a black family in
a white house built by slaves -
man, the fire was hot
and the smoke smelled like freedom -
but that was then, and here we are
not so much later, the rails are made
of iron like the fists of a dictator -
the smoke burns my eyes, man -
and now - I can’t breathe.
Jun 5, 2020
Jun 5, 2020 at 5:59 AM UTC
Remember when we burned
down the federal fences
and let a black family in
a white house built by slaves -
man, the fire was hot
and the smoke smelled like freedom -
but that was then, and here we are
not so much later, the rails are made
of iron like the fists of a dictator -
the smoke burns my eyes, man -
and now - I can’t breathe.
