we cry right to life
for every child
and then only silence
meets death in the streets
and how can we silence
the cries of motherless children
a father watches the world
watch his son murdered
and we plunge further
into fear and anger
this country is my home
but i feel like
i want to run away from home
what do i do with this groan
inside my chest
there is death
in the streets
human dignity meets
ice cold cruelty
and our leaders are silent
right left
all are bereft
of conscience or soul
no leader speaks out
against death in our streets
so everyone shouts
and rightly so
when elected criminals
accept criminals
to gun down
beat down
and drown
the best of us
you wear a mask
and you spread disease
carnage and hate
as freedom fades
please can’t you see
stop
wait
don’t you recognize
human dignity
liberty is killing
the free
there is death in the streets
O GOD
there is death
in
the
streets