by the barrel of the guns of the police
by the policies of their president
by the hands of our own people
by the limitations of the education system
by the injustices of the justice system
by the bars of our jail cells
by the tears of our parents, of our ancestors
by the sadness of our parents when we get stuck in the hood
by the words you spit at us
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but this is not how we die
not in front of our unseeded/seeded dreams
not in front of our unborn/born children
not in front of our mothers and fathers
your racist trauma is how we survive
we are a people
a whole muthafuckin race
