Michael+McKeegan

Community,  Community means to me   Everyone is free   From hate, fear, and poverty   An ideal community Racism  Bringing down my community   Another black moved down the street   Says a neighbor   Now the kids and I are best friends   But my neighbor is still a hater Litter  Covering my streets   Dirtying my parks   Polluting the creeks   Just pick up a piece   Of trash and put it in a can Crime  Wasting good men’s time   Kids killed and killing   Subways are not safe   The crime rate is depleting but   There are still guns all over the place Drugs  They’re in my school   Kids take them and think they are cool   They get high and act a fool   Lie, cry, and die for them   Kill for more, become a whore   They will do anything for Drugs Money  The root of all evil   Behaves as the devil   Anything for money   Starving kids   But you have to have those new kicks   Dying kids   But you need a new shirt   Crying kids   But you look the other way   If only you heard them Community is selfish  Community is wrong   The world’s all about you, is it not? You do not see what I see  When I see kids crying and dying   Guns on the street   People getting shot   Kids killing for pot   Working two jobs   Being beat up for your color   You don’t see what I see   When I see these things,   I ask what if that were me? Come together  Change the world   Make it a greater place   For every boy and little girl   Throw down your guns Put out that blunt  Donate a dollar for hunger   Love your fellow man   Now…   Grab my hand   And we will become one   See, it’s easy to love   And a lot more fun Community,  Community means to me   Everyone is free   From hate fear and poverty   An ideal community         Now come with me   Make this ideal community   A possibility No child should have to suffer  No man should go without heat   No woman should go outside   With fear of being raped or beat So look in the mirror and ask  What if it were me?
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