Half of them want to hang you, kid,
on any given day
over how a woman tends her womb
or the value of a brown-skinned life
or the moral certitude of war
or who and how you love, or god
or possibly another god
or prophet who didn't get promoted.
Half of them want to hang you,
no matter where you go, kid.
Better to stand and pick your side
and look the other half in the eye.
We are born into the noose.
on any given day
over how a woman tends her womb
or the value of a brown-skinned life
or the moral certitude of war
or who and how you love, or god
or possibly another god
or prophet who didn't get promoted.
Half of them want to hang you,
no matter where you go, kid.
Better to stand and pick your side
and look the other half in the eye.
We are born into the noose.
