colors

they told them all the good never mentioning the bad
that showed the how they could live wearing their colord 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 answers, now their are gone today
they chose this life for many reasons, making all the wrong moves
losing their lives, what did they have to prove
killing for a color hating one another

they told them all the good never mentioning the bad
that showed the how they could live wearing their colord 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 color he wears
the places he choses to go he should be safe there

they're killing or future
digracing 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 men we could have had