hold on

hold on to hope today

like you never have before

hold on to hope, and perhaps pray a little more

kiss a love one show how much you care

let them know that it would matter if they weren't there

greet the day with a smile as if it were your last

look towards your future, remembering the choices of your past

things are getting crazy, just like he said it would,

but just hold on to hope, hold on to something good

say some words of praise, do a selfless deed

show a sign of humanity, to someone who's in need

colors three shades of purple

they told them all the good; never mentioning the bad

they showed them how they could live wearing their colored rags,
now it is so sad, that their lives had to end in such a tragic way,

nothing we could do 
nothing we could say

they had all the quick answers, now their are gone today
they chose this life for many different reasons, making all the wrong moves
losing their lives, just what did they have to prove
killing for a color; hating one another

they told them all the good; never mentioning the bad
they showed them how they could live wearing their colored rags,

just what does it mean, this color, they said that  if a man wears the wrong color shirt on the wrong side of town, 
that he wouldnn't make it home he would be shot down

no man should have to die because of the colors he chooses to wears
the places he choses to go he should be safe there

they're killing our future
disgracing our past
how long will this maddness go on
how long can our young black men last

they told them all the good never mentioning the bad
now their gone today
what great black men we could have had