• how can you hurt others
    and show no care?
    how can you not forgive
    and say that it's only fair?

    what happened to the friendship
    we held so close before?
    what is the definition of life
    before we begin to shut the door?

    why do the good guys
    experience the rejection?
    why do most people
    usually look at complexion?

    why were we born
    when people were segregated?
    why were the blacks
    always the ones that were hated?

    when is it ever
    the right time to tell?
    & why does it always
    end with a simple farewell?

    why do things occur
    when we least expect it?
    why do things pile up
    bit by bit by bit?

    why are we afraid to
    believe in what we want?
    why are those who do
    end up being daunt?

    why do people
    refuse to believe?
    right or wrong
    we tend to leave.

    how can we walk straight
    and avoid those mistakes?
    it's like saying everything's
    possible; there won't be any aches.

    how can you turn
    and walk away?
    with no simple apology
    what will that convey?

    how can you take
    the pain of being hurt?
    stabbed broken wounded
    & feeling like stupid old dirt?

    how could you careless
    about those around you?
    without even knowing
    everything they have to go through?

    isn't it time
    to take a chance?
    to prove to the world
    that we will advance?

    should today be the day
    we open our eyes?
    to save the world
    for we are wise.