the man you never met named himself i do, i do
the planes saying we hit the buildings the people saying we are the buildings
THE PEOPLE ARE THE CITY you hit the city you hit the people
"minimum casualty" but your lips are BLOOD i can see the void in your mouth the black hole
sucking everything in
there is no such thing as MINIMUM CASUALTY do you see the people? do you tell her mother
do you tell his kids do you see his wife crying on the settee do you see the people
the people, dropping, we are not flies but WE ARE DROPPING
WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE
there is no such thing as cities falling do not say THE FALL OF SAIGON
say the FALL OF THE PEOPLE, the people
this is the real slaughter of INNOCENTS how do you define INNOCENCE?
the red on your flag is the picture of every teenager left to die in their own blood
do you remember trayvon?
i do, i do
do you remember the kids you're killing the KIDS these are YOUR KIDS
this generation's bui doi WE KNOW YOU FUCKED THAT WOMAN and we know what you've done
we know we know we know WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE
they are your children and you would kill them no,
you are not pulling the trigger but you're pressing a gun into his hands and saying do what you have to
and he kills your children you were once the children?
remember the days you didn't wear a suit to bed you didn't LIE THROUGH YOUR TEETH
because that's how you play the game now in the playground that would get you HIT
saying ok, ok ok ok ok AK 47 spitting in your face
immigrant blood and you know SOME FREEDOMS ARE MUCH LARGER THAN OTHERS
in this country they have a freedom to forget, to forgive or to hate you forever and i choose all three and that
IS NOT MY CHOICE