‘Please Don’t Shoot Me’

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Please don’t shoot me,

For doing what’s right, for walking, talking, holding water in my hand.

 

Please don’t shoot me,

All I have is a T-shirt, jacket, jeans, and shoes with loose laces.

Please don’t shoot me,

A placard’s not a weapon, you’re the one armed to shoot me.

Please don’t shoot me,

My mother’s waiting for me to come back home, so please…

Please don’t shoot me,

The god in you can only take life and I might need mine back.

Please don’t shoot me,

Hashtags won’t revive me, so please…

 

Please don’t shoot me,

I’m not high, but unemployment is soaring..

 

Please don’t shoot me,

My brother needs work, and my other brother’s searching too..

 

Please don’t shoot me,

For wanting better.

Being poor is a crime, and I’m not built for prison..

 

Please don’t shoot me,

I’m just saying, if the rich get bail and the poor can’t,

Maybe our prisons aren’t full of criminals,

Just full of poor people..

 

Please don’t shoot me,

Our stadiums are a joke,

But not something to laugh at..

 

Please don’t shoot me,

Instead of creating jobs, our leaders steal and make budget gaps.

Too bad politicians don’t get frisked,

Half our economy’s in their pockets.

 

Please don’t shoot me then blame the gun,

Guns don’t kill people,

People kill people,

Leaders who don’t lead kill people,

Hospitals without medicine kill people,

Ambulances needing cash first kill people,

People with nothing to eat can kill people,

Having nothing to eat kills people,

Months of unpaid rent is stressful and stress kills,

Another tax increase is a new tombstone on hope’s grave,

People with everything keep taking from those with nothing, that’s how you kill people.

Those with nothing need Churches, Mosques, and Temples to speak out, because silence kills!

 

By Aloo Jay

 

 

 

 

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

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