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letra de 54 - beans

i went to cvs to see what i could purchase for $4 –
i could buy honey roasted peanuts for $4 –
a small bag of trail mix is $4 –
i could even purchase prunes for $4 –
i couldn’t even buy a descent toothbrush for $4 –
but i could buy a finger sport toy
bowling set for $4 –
and a set of fake french nails for $4 –
but even dog and cat food cost way more than $4 –
there wasn’t even any medicine i could get
if i was sick for $4 –
even the smallest bottle of aspirin cost more than
$4 –
i bought some shoelaces for $4 –
$2.99, actually, but i paid with $4 –
i needed a tape measure and i was bored
so i gotta box of uno cards for $4 –
a time magazine and a coloring book for the kids
came up to $4 –
a single for marvin g-ye on itunes, makes me
wanna holla, cost $2.99 less than $4 –
that bottle of water is $4 –
but the worst thing you could get as a
black man is to get shot in the head
for $4 –
judge to the family awarded $4 –
their father’s life for $4 –
a phone call was placed for a noise complaint –
at the time of his death, he was listening
to “all me” by drake –
he opened his door of his garage – then
told the cop on the other side of it
to get the f-ck outta dodge –
cop fired four times afterwards
each shot cost him his life at $4 –
it took 2 minutes to earn $4 –
the cost for the lawsuit for wrongful
death was $4 –
excessive force and violation of 14th and 15th
amendment cost $4 –
s.w.a.t. fired off tear gas cost $4 –
the jury deliberation was 10 hours –
newman, the cop, wasn’t liable –
drunk and hostile, hill, the dead was 99%
responsible –
the jury awarded gregory hill’s funeral
expenses was one dollar –
the child’s loss of parental companionship
instruction and guidance mental pain
and suffering was each one dollar –
the children are 7, 10, and 13
each got a dollar –
since the cop was only 1% responsible
the verdict was reduced to 4 cents –
the cop applauded the jury for free –
the funeral costs 11 thousand, you see
that’s why i take seriously what i commit
on paper and pen –
cause in this present form, she might
not see me again
but turn on a stereo press play and i will
be here again –
and i’ll be here so long as she can stand
to listen –
as a black man, there’s always that
strong possibility that that could be
me
and i ask myself “what would happen
if that were to happen to my family?”
$4 couldn’t even buy time –
to kiss my family goodbye
the jury was
1 black man –
2 white men –
5 white women –
black plight is only worth a dollar –
a noise complaint costs a man
his life and $4

a noise complaint costs a man
his life and $4

$4
$4
$4
$4
$4
$4

- beans

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