Abstract Heart (Spoken Word) ©Jamie A. Triplin 2019 via the Rapchat app (prod. by HH Beatz)

Humanity’s Suicide 

Another black life on the cement.
When will America get down and repent?
The country went up in flames
but not enough because 
there’s still way too many names.
Breonna Taylor, killer 
cops still ain’t been arrested.
Y’all shouted victory when 
they gave us that law.  
You should have contested.
Because they defamed her name .
Continued to maim. 
Justice may never be claimed. 
Black Lives Matter roaring through the streets.
Will you keep that on repeat? 
Repeat
repeat.
Until systemic racism faces defeat? 
If you’re white, stop being so discreet.
If you’re about it, then be about it. 
And, stop screaming “we’re all one race”
when you can’t even look a Black 
person in the face. 
Lord I wish I lived in outer space. 
I don’t know how much more I can take. 
Racism is traumatic and tragic.
It makes you asthmatic.
But, they don’t care how much you beg.
To them, I can’t breathe 
is a mere  catch phrase.
Like Eric Garner, 
George Floyd, 
Elijah McClain
didn’t say 
“I can’t breath”
in hopes they 
wouldn’t be slain.
Eye for an eye. 
Tooth for a tooth. 
That’s what the Bible says. 
But, if we start going life for a life—
guess we’d all end up dead. 
Besides, isn’t the end goal
for racism genocide?
In fact, racism is humanity’s suicide. 

 ©Jamie A. Triplin 2020

Humanity’s Suicide  (prod. by ReezySteezyLemonSqueezy)

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