Black Lives
(For Nolan) If I say your name I conjure up The retribution I know they all deserve In a land that promises freedom and Justice But white supremacy is the only idea preserved Should I utter your name and admit the hatred that removed you out of this plane I give wake to my own broken heart and my wrath And I know full well who is to blame Your drowned body by The council of Judas that absolve themselves in the same vein Ignore when we scream Deny any foul play Because they don't see Black pain If I say what I wish in every space I enter I force myself a truth we must tell I pull up the pail filled with no water and confess what was buried at the bottom of the Well
