They’re Coming For Me…

They’re coming for me…
When they come for me,
where will you be?

They’re coming for ME!
When they come for me,
who will you be?

I lie awake at night
After night
After night
After night
Because they have a right, right?

A right–
Because they’re white, right?

When they come for me, you’ll fight…,right?
You’ll light up the night, right?

Fire, flames, & burn,
That’s how you’ll mourn, right?

When they come for me
That’s when you’ll
be–
Be for me, right?

They’re coming for me
They’re coming for me
because we had the audacity to–be

But when they come for me, you’ll BE, right?
Be radical, be ignited
Be for me?

Don’t you see? They’re coming for me!
& then it will be
too late for me
Too late for you…
To BE, for me

They’re coming for me
But it won’t be on one knee
It won’t be televised
Or legitimized
So maybe you won’t even realize,
I’m gone…

They’ll fire shoots into my home
& I’ll be all alone

They’ll come in the night
There will be no fight
& by the time the sun’s high,
my soul will die

And the next Black woman…
She’ll have to rely
On you
To BE for her

For her
I hope it won’t occur

They’re coming for me
In the dark
& then, i’ll leave my mark

My mark on your soul
That’ll take a toll

Is my life so unworthy
That I don’t even deserve mercy

Do you value my existence
Or are resistant to my resentment
Of your contentment
To the system that is dependent
On the destruction of African descendents

Don’t you see?
Like they came for her,
They’re coming for me!
But you’ll fight…,right?
Until then, I’ll be up at night…