Can’t Breathe

(C) 2020 David John Stevens

What does a man need?

What do you expect?

A man can’t breathe

with a knee on his neck

Why can’t you see

That a man just died?

And Dr. King’s Dream

hasn’t been realized.

Let the content of our character,

not the color of our skin

Be the thing that we’re all judged by

Let’s make that change begin

What does a man need?

What do you expect?

A man can’t breathe

with a knee on his neck

Why can’t we see,

too many people have died?

Why can’t we be the change

that we all need to survive?

What does a man need?

What do you expect?

A man can’t breathe

with a knee on his neck

Why can’t you see

That a man just died?

And Dr. King’s Dream

hasn’t been realized.

Let the content of our character, not the color of our skin

Be the thing that we’re all judged by

Let’s make that change begin