They say black people can’t act

I could never take that as a fact

We are getting educated

And as a whole a little bit more elevated

But at the same time

We are still crying

Crying because our people are out here dying

We look suspicious

No matter how ambitious we are

We can’t drive nice cars

Or we’d end up behind bars

We can’t walk the streets

Or we’d end up not seeing next week

We can’t even sleep in bed

Because then, then we’d end up dead

Black people don’t know how to act?

That statement is not a fact

We are just incapable of gaining acceptance

Society would rather disrespect and neglect us

They tell us to go back to Africa

Then turn right around and laugh at us

We didn’t ask to be here

We were forced to shed these tears

This is now our home

This is all we have known

Stop Killing Us

Before this black race turns to dust

– Olamide Iyaomolere