I Can't Breathe

Where you been?

Where you been?

I saw you peeping around the corner

when you thought I couldn't win

Where you been?

You done changed jerseys

Several times since then

Where you been?

You are a foe

Dressed up like a friend

Where you been?

Trying to locate the next victim

Asking someone to lend

Where you been?

I declare the way you flip flop

You must have a twin

Where you been?

I need people

Who hang through thick and thin

Where you been?

Dont clock out

Before you put the work in

Kenneth R. Kelley, Sr., D.Min.

6/9/2020

I Can't Breathe

I can't breathe with your knee on my neck

While others stand by and watch, what the heck?

I can't take it when somebody else keeps us down

But everyday my brother kicks me to the ground 

I can't understand the logic behind racist condescension

That won't lead to superior ascension

You can only push a person so far

Like driving from New York to Cali in a car

The statistics tell the truth 

Injustice and inequity is through the roof

Take your knee off my neck

The protest are just a reality check

Kenneth R. Kelley, Sr., D.Min.

6/9/2020