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Jimbo Jun 2020
What happening to this earth,
I thought all lives matter,
White black brown we all need each other,
We need to stop fighting,
We need to unite in one manner,
We all should be respected,
Under one united banner.

Life's to short to be waring with one another,
Taking on the beef that was made by our fourfathers,
Rioting the streets to prove a point to our brothers,
What about the tears that is coming from our mother's.

Look at this earth we all live with each other,
I've got neighbours and friends of all creeds and colours,
We all go for a drink with one another,
And when the drinking done we get a kebab from our Turkish brother.

In the morning I get a coffee that comes from my Brazilian brother,
I go to work in a taxi from my Indian brother,
I get my hair cut nice from my Italian brother,
And my friends spits bars he's my Jamaican brother.

See when all this covids done we gunna need each other,
To rebuild this world for our sons and our mother's,
We need to realise that we all need to be together,
Only we can make the change and unite forever.

When we get cut we all bleed like each other,
When we are ill we all cry for our mothers,
When will we realise we are the same as one and another,
We just need to know that colours do not matter.

So weather your white black brown or a Chinese brother,
Please show some respect to all creeds and colours,
A new day is coming if we hold on tight to one another,
Let's kick out the nonsense all together.
Lia Jun 2020
Her pale skin knew all the secrets.
When the maze would twist,
and when it would turn,
when it etched a clear path,
and whispered the escape route.

His dark skin was trapped.
The maze unleashed its branches,
tightening the grip around his body,
tangling him up in the mess
that she had created.

It was designed
by her ancestors,
for only one to win.
This maze
is the one they call life.

She needed to forge a new path.
One where he leads, she follows.
One where the branches
only burden the deserved,
and not for the colour of their skin.
I understand that I will never understand. However, I stand with you.
Helina Jun 2020
Let me ask you a question..
Why is it my skin color
That bothers you so much?
The fact that I have melanin
It triggers you enough,
To pull out a gun?
Point it right to my head
And take my life in a split second.

Let me
Ask you a question

As far as I know,
All our insides look the same.
Whether it’s the most evil person in the world,
Or the most kind hearted soul.

We all have the same kinds of stomach, heart, and lung.

So,
So Why?
Why is it my skin color that bothers you so much?
That i look a little different,
than what society has accepted is alright.

What does being racist,
Bring to your table?
Why do you think being any other color but white,
Is being unstable
Why does God
making your skin a little light,
Make you think you have powers
And you rise up above

So Let ME ask you a question,
For the very last time…
Why is it that you live in the 21st century,
But your ideology is still stuck in the 1820s.

Don’t you see?
Go look at the nearest protest in your town
Or go search for a video while inside
It’s every race that’s screaming for justice
We’re all standing by each other's side
Our so called leader threatens us with force
But like those many signs say,
It’s “No justice, no peace” for us all

So many innocent lives taken,
Linching was way back then,
But they’ve brought it back in a legalized version
You swore you would respect
the humanity of those whom you encounter
But here you are stepping and looking down on somebody’s father
While he screams “I can’t breath” louder and louder
Then we go out seeking Justice
During a whole pandemic
Risking our own lives
For those who were wrongfully shot,
But get left on the street dead
For 12 hours just for showing love

A father shouldn’t have to fear for his life
A mother shouldn’t have to teach her child
How to stay safe,
While doing the most peaceful things in their town
Nobody should be scared to go on a jog
Or be frightened by the police
Just because their skin color is black

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend”
Said Martin Luther King once
So we will stand here to make a difference
To make it be and stay love over hate.
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