Love Thy Neighbor Dirt Mix by Subliminalspectrum from United States

Verse 1:

Light refracted off of shattered glass fragments
Leaves a rainbow on the pavement, where that aftermath's scattered
Broken bottles from the Molotovs and anger in the ashes
The city she's been bruised and her children they've been battered

The sun arose this morning about the same as all the rest
Perpetrators painted traitors, couldn't blame em, I confess
From the property loss to the cost of cleaning up the mess
Doesn't add up to the taking of a life one should protect

It's a delicate balance, Lord knows I'm not the one to judge
I don't face my mortality each time I step foot on my job
I'm not daily faced with maybe I should take his momma's baby
As his hand moves towards his waistband, self preservation betraying

Squeeze and let go, squeeze a couple more times, light is fading
Partner keys his mic, talks about a gun that he was waving
But they both know that didn't happen, he's laying on the pavement
His light's fully extinguished, flat lining its final wavelength

They start working their story, try to color in the lines
But the truth is it don't matter, cause the justice here ain't blind
She's predisposed to favor blue and white over the darker tones
The prosecution proxies of defense, a type of palindrome

As the chief just makes another speech, painted in monotone
Three children sitting fatherless, their mother forced to walk alone
It's just another headline, detached from the humanity
White America, we've got some things to face, we need some clarity

Chorus:

Love thy neighbor, but society taught me to fear his skin color
So what are we going to do about that
We'll never heal, if we don't recognize there's a problem
So what are we going to do about that

Verse 2:

I wish that I could say there's no prejudice in my heart
But if I did, it'd be a lie and that's never a place to start
Pretending a problem's not a problem doesn't make it not a problem
Furthermore you can't resolve an issue that you won't acknowledge

Policies that disproportionally affect minorities
Should be the first thing on the chopping block if we really want equality
The war on , stop and frisk, three strikes, modern slavery
Prison as business, ninety cents an hour labor fees

Training in situational de-escalation should be the standard
For the standard bearers protecting our nation
Respecting their station, I can't imagine walking their shoes
But they need to appreciate the life that's on the other side too

We need to teach our children empathy, God given equality
Love your neighbor as yourself, more than just some Bible speak
We need to walk the way we talk it, show em how to live it
Pour love into their hearts, so when challenged to love they give it