Ask yourself what if,

What if this was all different

What if I didn’t have trouble paying the rent?

What if I could just get ahead?

What if I wanted to get out of bed?

What if our history had changed?

What if we were playing a different game?

What if we were the ones calling the shots and running the show,

Even though our skin doesn’t look like snow

What if we took over and became the dominate race?

What if we could win while running at a snails pace?

What if

 

What if I could smile and nod my head?

What if people listened to the words I said?

What if I knew it would all be ok?

Because I’m black I’ll find my way?

What if my education didn’t really matter?

Because I’d have the world served on a silver platter?

What if

 

What if I could see myself on every show?

What if I could see myself as the CEO?

What if I knew my brother would grow up strong?

And wouldn’t be pressured to go do wrong?

What if I knew he wouldn’t be a statistic and end up in jail?

What if I didn’t have to worry about one day paying the bail?

What if

 

What if my mom could finally stop crying?

What if she could finally stop sighing?

What if she knew it would all be ok?

Because she could finally get ahead this day.

What if this hard working woman finally got her reward?

What if she could finally buy what she wanted from any store?

What if she could buy that house and not have to pay rent?

What if she didn’t have to count and save every last cent?

What if she finally got some validation?

What if she could finally take a vacation?

What if    

                                                                                                                                                           

What if I wasn’t jealous of my sister’s light skin and hair?

What if I didn’t think life was so unfair?

What if I didn’t want to die,

So that I could soar into the sky,

And be with my family,

While I look down on all this insanity,

And ask the Lord why?

Why did Trayvon Martian have to die?

Because of the color of his skin?

Because a white man thought he would sin?

What if the murderer didn’t walk free

So that the whole world could see

That we won’t stand for this violence

And no, we won’t be silenced

What if it could all be undone?

What if we could give that family back a son?

What if…..What if?