A riot

A violent disturbance by a crowd

Taking part in a violet public disturbance

An act to show frustration

But taken too far

Too disrespectful and violent

Illegal and wrongful

You say it’s not a riot yet people are dying

Yet state officials are vying for change

For some sort of trust we can’t manage to give

People are crying over a flag

A flag fought to keep out

Viewed as racism and hurt

A University poll says that 56% of our population

That’s at least 56% of our nation that was violated

But we were told to not give up

Told to not concede

Told that we need to do what’s right

But look up

Look up because not everything’s all right

A society shot at while it’s still light

For what

Wasn’t it said, “it is what it is”

Well it is 5 lives taken that day

100 plus people brought away

Because it was stolen

No, our society’s filled with holes

No it’s broken

Or is it just hurting wanting to thrive

So lets take a drive

Lets go back to that day where people felt unsafe

Murder the media on the door

Destroyed camera equipment on the floor

You respect the police but somehow one dies

But for what?

They say our departments need to work harder but it’s us who needs to be smarter

They said we knew it was coming and that’s true

But it’s the fact that it happened

The fact that there was an idea and it was followed through

But the change that they want doesn’t come from flesh

When something doesn’t go your way you turn on something that’s been giving us structure

That’s now giving us aim in a time of ach

A terroristic act all because our trusted lacked

But what did it do?

We were told to not give up

Told to not concede

Told that we need to do what’s right

But was that right?

What I see is a society shot at while it was still bright

Wasn’t it said, “it is what it is”

Well it is 5 lives taken that day

100 plus people were brought away

Because it was stolen

No, our society’s filled with holes

No it’s broken

Or is it just hurting wanting to thrive

So lets take that drive

Lets go back in time

But why?

There’s a difference between a protest and a riot

Freedom of speech is a right

And we hold that very tight

To our hearts

But tell me where does it say we have the right to be violent because of where our trust lies

People who lost their lives

People who were disrespected and are trying to say why

Oath keepers protect the constitution

But you can’t stop a child from growing

Can’t stop a nation from knowing

What’s here

What’s changing

But all we can do is spread what we know

Trust what is real not just because someone said so

Because we are America

We are hurt

But we are thriving

We are flawed but we are working

We are impulsive

But we are changing

You can’t stop a wound from hurting

But you can stop the blood from flowing

And we can move forward