How many black men and
women must suffer and die?
Why, oh, why?
Of course, the ghetto breeds
dysfunction and people act out
but every part of society is
dysfunctional but not
all suffer and die.
Why, oh, why?
Are the police so scared
that they strike out upon
the unarmed and unprepared?
Drugs run rampant through
the inner city and suburbs, too;
long jail sentences lean
strongly toward the black few.
And they suffer and die.
Why, oh, why?
The Civil War still rages on
in spite of all white protestation,
and they suffer and die.
Why, oh, why?
It’s time to define why
and stop it.