For White Girls That Considered Calling The Police When Treating Black People Like You Want To Be Treated Was Enuf

I know you see me sleepin’

and my presence has you wonderin’

Is she supposed to be here

Even tho I know she’s a third year

Instead of shaking me awake

you call the cops; don’t extend the grace

Now I’m left trembling in fear

Proving to armed men I should be here

I guess you think this is fun and games

How I could be included in the hashtag #sayhername

You know this aint no emergency

But you don’t care ‘cuz you’re harassing me

Am I not included in your fight for human rights?

I guess I’m not a woman because I’m not white

It’s scary to think Yale will give you a degree

When you bragged online about defending slavery

Please don’t think your activism gives you an excuse

Your actions were racist; it’s the sad truth 

Don’t delude yourself with such cozy lies

It won’t be justice if someone dies

Reality is, you don’t think I belong in this space

Reality is, you think us an unworthy race

Perhaps you don’t get it; perhaps you don’t care

Or perhaps there’s something more sinister there

Quick to feign fear and shed your white tears

Action like that has caused black death for years

No longer will you escape the weight of your role

You are bound with others to make an oppressive whole

But systems must break and so will you

Break from the weight of carrying what’s untrue

You aren’t afraid; you aren’t better

You’re just aggressive and very bitter

So take your aggression out on somebody else

And leave me where you found me; By.Myself.

I am supposed to be here and I won’t move

So please tell your girls in Starbucks & Oakland too