They say 'to serve and to protect'
But answer me this
Who are they serving?
What are they protecting?
Is it the idea that black men deserve
to be beaten for trying to elevate themselves?
Or maybe it's the dream of white men to
see us fail...?
And what if it's both?
They enjoy seeing us struggle and fighting for a purpose
They know isn't real
They make us teach our children
That being black isn't
good enough
that our kind must live with our heads over our shoulders
Afraid that one day,
They will hunt us down
and put us 6 feet under
Or for those of us considered lucky
sentenced to life for the crime--
Skin colour
leaving another mother to raise 15 children
without their father.
Yet to make it sound like there is no problem
Headlining all newspapers
"FREEDOM FOR ALL'
but in silence
You continue to knock us down
You see, unlike you
We were born in a system that was
built to work against us
So please stop saying
"We're equals".
For 25 years, my husband Walter,
worked himself to
death
Just so you were satisfied enough
which allowed us to have a future.
He would say that "someday
Things wouldn't always be this way
We would have a big house
in one of those white neighbourhoods"
And even though we both knew this wasn't true
He wanted those kids to have a dream,
to work towards something he never did,
Not to live life
Accepting what's been handed to them
So for 25 years,
He would put on this big smile
and acted like everything was fine
But when it was just him and me
He would stare at the door and whisper
"Uncle Sam, don't come for me tonight"
But they pulled the plug anyway.
They're giving us how much Walter's was worth tomorrow
I'm thinking about keeping his dream for those kids alive
He said we'll make it to the top someday
I just never thought it would be
his death that allowed it to happen.
Feb 11
Feb 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM UTC
They say 'to serve and to protect'
But answer me this
Who are they serving?
What are they protecting?
Is it the idea that black men deserve
to be beaten for trying to elevate themselves?
Or maybe it's the dream of white men to
see us fail...?
And what if it's both?
They enjoy seeing us struggle and fighting for a purpose
They know isn't real
They make us teach our children
That being black isn't
good enough
that our kind must live with our heads over our shoulders
Afraid that one day,
They will hunt us down
and put us 6 feet under
Or for those of us considered lucky
sentenced to life for the crime--
Skin colour
leaving another mother to raise 15 children
without their father.
Yet to make it sound like there is no problem
Headlining all newspapers
"FREEDOM FOR ALL'
but in silence
You continue to knock us down
You see, unlike you
We were born in a system that was
built to work against us
So please stop saying
"We're equals".
For 25 years, my husband Walter,
worked himself to
death
Just so you were satisfied enough
which allowed us to have a future.
He would say that "someday
Things wouldn't always be this way
We would have a big house
in one of those white neighbourhoods"
And even though we both knew this wasn't true
He wanted those kids to have a dream,
to work towards something he never did,
Not to live life
Accepting what's been handed to them
So for 25 years,
He would put on this big smile
and acted like everything was fine
But when it was just him and me
He would stare at the door and whisper
"Uncle Sam, don't come for me tonight"
But they pulled the plug anyway.
They're giving us how much Walter's was worth tomorrow
I'm thinking about keeping his dream for those kids alive
He said we'll make it to the top someday
I just never thought it would be
his death that allowed it to happen.
Inspired by a song (Movin' on Up )
