Get Woke

America has become shock stopped
By domestic terror in black battle regalia
Or simply holding, ya'll
Their Second Amendment
Lustfully in whitened hands
Psychotics pointing at the innocent,
Unarmed crowd of people
And letting loose with fire and fury.
We are at first in shock
Rightfully after one incident
But after repeated rampage
We are made innocuous?

America has become gob smacked
By the face of babes who once held books, ya'll
And donning full dress rage
Unloading brass metal jackets
Rat tat tat tat
Straight into our future
Five and fifteen year old faces
Who sat at the table saying graces
And SHOT into SILENCE
No longer playing games
Or able to hug us coming home
Because one dude said NO.

America, America, damn man, when are ya'll
Gonna get woke to what's goin' on?
You trippin' on tape worms
Eating at your very core!
While people die in schools,
And even police dying by fools
They is ripping up the fabric 
Tying us together as one
All because we wanna fall asleep
With a gat in our hands
Mortgaging our future all so we can
Mount up with forty weapons? WTF?

Copyright © 2018 Charles Edward York
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