Under the Stars - Breez Evahflowin, L.I.F.E Long, John Robinson

They fought

The Mexican.

Then they fought their own

Now they’re found in bronze up on top of stone

In a square, saying, «Where all of this has gone?»

Some revere, some swear at the plaque that you sits upon

Of course, this is dependent on political discourse

At times, you dismissed.

At times, it’s pitchforks

Causes and rallies from the Shenandoah Valley to Cali

Where supporters could still tally as much as the Gold Rush

Ayyo, hold up.

God didn’t tell you to control us

Your open ears start to close up, but breathe easy ‘cause

Your values are in line with the demented mind that now control us

The tactician need

Not respond, just assess the situation

Observe when something’s did a successful integration

Sat in on a million kinds of conversations

Black, white giving type tight size denomination

You’ve seen love, seen hate, seen love break

Hate, seen hate break people with cause

These are people who believe in their cause.

You might not even

Believe anymore from the time that you spent

Under the stars

Is that The Dawn Express and the Statue of Liberty?

In fact, history shows your foundation

On negativity.

Hate-driven society

Birthed in a racist century where ignorance

Dominated.

They keep sparking acts of bigotry

Those officers being praised fought to continue slavery

While waving flags of Confederacy, not promoting

Democracy.

Blue Klux Klan affiliates all about

That white supremacy.

Now you want me to honor those

Against my ancestry?

Please.

Let Babylon

And its evils, cultures burn down.

False prophets

Not worthy of royalty, don’t deserve crowns

No accolades, accommodations given for taking L’s

Why should we uplift Confederate racists?

Rebel?

No love for hateful crusades spawned from Hell

With the horrifying story of genocide to tell

In Amerikkka, most-wanted, ghost-haunted.

Don’t

Flaunt it.

No honest broke promises of freedom

Still keep our domes free, off-the-top lifestyle

Maneuvering through Star-Spangled, trying not to get tangled down

Feed the babies strict knowledge in the form of hip sonics

Dishonest, devilish men?

That’s why he spit knowledge

False Declaration Proclaiming my Emancipation

Screaming, «Don't shoot!

No!»

Still got my hands up, waiting

My soul’s aching from trying to be patient, and withholding

My protesting statements from all these brutal arrangements

That’s why we make a call to the ancients: for guidance and

Protection in these times so forsaken.

My people

Awaken, visualize a space and time

That’s safe from crime.

Go ‘head, shape your mind

To a peace that we could barely fathom but definitely deserve

To have when you fill in the blanks and read the captions like:

Monuments are not about history.

These monuments are about hatred,

and we need to make that very clear.

And I just want to bring up a point,

just to show you how history repeats itself, even when history is.

Takiya Thompson, the person who took down this Confederate statue,

who was a part of it, she was arrested.

Now let me tell you something.

And Durham, North Carolina is my hometown.

But hold on!

DeAndre!

DeAndre Harris!

Nobody has yet to be arrested for it.

But the person who took

down the… y’all were quick to arrest this woman.

But we have, on video,

six people—eight people—beating up DeAndre Harris and no one has been arrested.

We have a problem—our society has a problem—and if you don’t believe it,

look at what has happened after these events.

I’m upset.

I’m sorry,

I just can’t deal with this.

I can’t deal because it’s too much.

It’s too much, and we allow this to happen, and it’s not right