Abridged Do You Ever Wonder?

By Cydney Brown

When will people be treated as people

How many lives until we’re treated as equal

People walk with privilege strapped to their back

Ready to counteract somebody’s complexion

Try walking through life with constant rejection of your identity

Cause stereotypes are all they see

Just because I’m black doesn’t make me less American

Just because you stole it doesn’t make this your land

I won’t stand for the excuse

I thought they were a criminal

That seems quite trivial after they’re dead

I’ll spend my whole life getting unity stuck in your head

I can run without being a thief

I can cough without being a virus

A whole race can’t look like the enemy

I can’t believe you’re still trying to divide us

I still have a whole life ahead of me, and I’m not giving up now

You can’t silence my voice

And when you come for one of us

We rise up you give us no choice