Black Boy Blues

Hey black boy

Why you so mean?

Heart full of ice

Head full of steam

Hey black boy

Why you so mean

Cussin’ folk out

Causin’ a scene

“Hey black boy

Why you so mean”

Maybe cause my daddy gone

And mama ain’t home to feed me

Maybe cause my brother locked up

Cousin been gunned down in the street

Hey Merikkka

You wanna know why I’m mean

I go to bed hungry

My water ain’t even clean

System took my people

Ain’t nobody lookin’ out for me

Each night

I pray just to wake up

Each day

That today ain’t the day police decide to kill me

Stop asking

Black boys why they’re so mean

Maybe

Cause they struggle in a society

Built to oppress and detain

Rather than sustain such KINGS