3rd Option - Ruslan

Papa’s an immigrant

Mama’s a superhero

They both grew up tumultuous as kids

Needless they say

They committed to making sure

He grows up much more stable than they did

So at this stage he’s carefree

Showing his ninja moves to anyone who cares to see, see

He sees his papa’s skin

He likes to call it bright

From his eyes, he thinks him and his dad are more alike

Mama’s a shade of bronze

They say that Jesus was

He’s only 3 and he believes

He came down from above

The other day he over heard them talking about the news

Another black boy was killed

And now the people loot

That left him so confused

Cuz it wasn’t clear who was at fault

He shouldn’t have to grow up and choose

Over his race and if it matters In a system that

We built a space for everybody

But some are missing that

We see the same headlines and we envision that

A change has to come but what if the change is in fact

Starts with us

Having conversations with people that don’t look like us

To build trust

I know it should just all fall in line

For the human kind

Why do we have to work so hard to unify

What’s the alternative

It’s not about if you’re a liberal or conservative

Cuz He won’t get to check out

I don’t want him to grow up in a world where he feels left out

I don’t want us to keep acting like we don’t have a mess now

Tell me after you have the talk

About he gotta be extra careful when pulled over you don’t feel stressed out

I’m thankful at this age that he’s carefree

But should we be

Should be

I’m thankful at this age that he’s carefree

But should we be

Should be

I’m thankful at this age that he’s carefree

But should we be

Should be

Or should we be the first to have the hard talks

Not just for our benefits

There’s little ones coming after us

And right now they’re innocent

They ain’t been contaminated

With the hate and ignorance

They can’t understand the racial

Constructs that limit us

So we should be the most loving and empathetic people that the world has ever

seen

And we don’t have to be so binary about every single opinion because the truth

is probably in between

I don’t know, Ima go

On a ledge and say maybe cuz ima soul, you Soul, we can be associated so we grow

I wanna seek to understand before being understood

Cuz jesus is the Rock I stood on when there was nothing good

Chose to understand before being understood

Jesus was still my rock when there was nothing

Thankful at this age that he’s carefree

But should we be?

Thankful at this age that he’s carefree

But we can’t be, no we can’t be

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