Let me exhale 

Wait a minute

Let me exhale

 

I have been hurt 

Mentally, physically and emotionally

I have been ridiculed

Called names 

Shot at 

For what, because of my skin?

 

Take a look 

Yea in the mirror 

Now take a look 

This time at me

Tell me 

What do you see

Two hands, two feet, two eyes 

They are no different than mine

Separated by some pigmentation.

 

Separated by time.

 

You from a time, when you were master

Me a slave trying to survive

Before that, 

separated by geography

I was king 

You were peasant on a continent 

Oppressed by religion.

 

World hear my cry 

I scream loud, strong voice

My life matters

Just remember 

Black lives matter.