KNEEL

Day to day there comes more pain

Wondering will justice really make it go away

Hear the sister calling as the brother is falling

Kneel to heal a loving heart

Kneel to remember where it all starts

Kneel not to separate but to be apart

Respect to the way we all should feel

We look to the leaders for something to say

All they can say is "Thoughts and prayers."

Those are words blasphemy today.

Kneel because you pray

Kneel because freedom demands it

Kneel because you will not give in to hate

Respect to all when you kneel

Thousands of voices call for justice to one def ear.

Got to take a stand make the move you got the choice

Hate will grow in a vacuum when you don't make any noise.

Kneel in the churches

Kneel in the streets

Kneel not because it is easy but because it is hard

Respect comes from the heart

A symbol of peace has a historic legacy of death and hate.

A child's name spoken in a context of racial shame

Now a leader's deceit calls kneeling an insulting to his own humanity.

Kneel because it is right

Kneel because it brings hate out into the light

Kneel because it is the way Martin would fight

Respect is what you feel when you kneel

We raise our children to worry

We make excuses when our vision is blurry

Justice is just the blind leading the blind.

Kneel to remember George

Kneel to remember Breonna

Kneel to remember Ahmaud

As the list goes on

Respect should be given to the one that kneels.

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