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
