you my American people

To my white folk

Police in the US are on pace to kill (the sum total of) one black person a day

That's one

For each day for all of this year (thus far)

Can that be said of any other race?

I don't know, possibly so (but racially aren't Mexicans still checked off as white)

But that statistic is sad

No matter what they did

Do they deserve to have died this way?

Can it be truly justified?

If you say yes

Than you obviously haven't seen the videos

Heard the pleas

Seen the violence against them

It simply isn't right

No matter how you look at it

And I realize it's never black and white

And there's never an easy answer

But let's please all find our humanity

In this situation

To my black folks

Maybe what they want

Is to keep you distracted with the hate

Maybe the media is spurring you on

Maybe they want it to be about the racial divide

And not about the economy

Not about the lack of jobs

Not about the inequality of you me schools, your opportunities

Not about the poverty that plagues a high percentage of you

No.....

Direct your anger at people that can legally kill you

But can't do a thing to change your life for the better

That can not affect policy

That keep you opressed

You should be angry at the government

You should be angry at the system

That pits you against anyone it feels like

Each other

Whites

Cops

Let's not buy into it

These cops aren't on some death spree

They are just being cops

Doing the best they can

Do they need a lot more training

Hell yes

But they are victims to

Of this never ending plot

To hate

Hate yourself

Hate the world

Hate your neighbor

Hate the traffic

Hate the crime

One thing after another

Just when you think you're done worrying

Another comes along

Just stop buying into it

Start coming at everything. 

With love

With patience

With kindness

With humility

And you'll see

The world is a lot different

Than what you imagine