Excuse Me Mr. Officer

where some of us are actually law abiding

but you all feel you want to keep deciding

our fate

I only strive to be great

but we can't accelerate or achieve

when visitors stand at our wake

and so we still believe we can make that difference

the struggle for us is real enough and so my hands stay consistent

their up in the air

with no intentions to be resistant

these same hands may one day save your life

I wish I can just wrap them around the neck of the black male stereotype