It's hard out here
It is hard out here
To be vulnerable
To be black
A black man
A black women
A black child
To be black and conscious
You are a target
They will try to silence you
Remove your voice from this Earth
Yet they do not understand your power
Your melanin runs deep
And your words and soul have not left this Earth
Even if they steal it from you
Your name will forever reside in our hearts
As we continue
Still searching for justice, peace , a real sense of humanity
Beginning to understand who we are as people
Recognizing the King and Queen in one another
And ourselves
Loving our melanin, dark or light
Through good and bad times
Our voices will speak for you
Sandra Bland
Trayvon Martin
Mike Brown
Oscar Grant III
Tyshawn Lee
So many names
There should not be this many names
Young, old and in between who have died unjustly
How does this make sense?
Like I said
It's hard out here
It is hard out here
To be black and conscious
To be a black person
To be a black man
To be a black women
To be a black child
So unprotected
No innocence insight
Rights being ignored
No indictments for deaths that could have been prevented
I don't understand
Can you explain?
We deserve better
To be respected
Our skin may be different
Yet we are human
We bleed, we feel, we hurt
Our black is beautiful
It is timeless and everlasting
So although
It may be hard out here
To be black
Whether man, woman or child
To be black is where we want to be
And we will fight
Black and proud
It is hard out here
We are melinated
And standing tall
text: Sada' Demoin
visual: Reporter Nuovo
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