If I March for justice<\/p>\n
That makes me nothing less than human<\/p>\n
If I demand the police beheld accountable<\/p>\n
I am nothing more than human<\/p>\n
If I bang on doors and ask all my neighbors to sign the petition<\/p>\n
I am nothing less than human<\/p>\n
And if a man calls out for his mom as the air is squeezed forever from his lungs and the life goes out from his eyes<\/p>\n
I am nothing more than a roaring mama bear<\/p>\n
You’d expect no less action or behaviour on my part if it were your child left in my care.<\/p>\n
I wasn’t there, but my heart ached just the same<\/p>\n
And I knew exactly on whom to place blame.<\/p>\n
But you took one look at me<\/p>\n
And with not much more than a passing oncepver type of glance<\/p>\n
You labeled me just another angry black woman<\/p>\n
And shoved me out the back door.<\/p>\n
But let me assure you, I am nothing more<\/p>\n
Than human<\/p>\n
And us humans will one day even up the score.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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