- We hold these truths to be self-evident
- that all men are created equal
- that they are endowed by their creator
- with certain inalienable rights
- Among these life, liberty and
- the pursuit of happiness
- unless you're loud and black
- and possess an opinion
- then all you get is a bullet
- A bullet that held me at bay
- A bullet that can puncture my skin
- take all my dreams away
- A bullet that can silence
- the words I speak to my mother
- just because I'm
- other
- A bullet – held me captive
- gun in my face
- your hate misplaced
- White skin, light skin
- but for me not the
- right skin
- Judging me with no crime committed
- reckless trigger finger itching to
- prove your worth by disproving mine
- My life in your hands
- My life on the line
- Fred Hampton
- Tamir Rice. Rekia Boyd
- Reggie Green
- Spared by a piece of paper
- a student ID
- that you had to see before
- you could identify
- me
- and set me supposedly
- free
- Life
- liberty
- and the pursuit of happiness
- for some of us maybe
- There's nothing
- self-evident
- about it
