Shockwaves

Talking about Ferguson and beyond

Can we talk about shockwaves for a second?

Not the kind of shockwaves that knock you on your a*s

Not that kind felt by the ground moving

I want to talk about the ripples

Caused by action and reaction

Young man gets killed

After decades of oppression

Anger is a natural reaction

To the action of murder

 

A young man dies

And the world reacts

Shockwaves

A man walks away

A city burns

Shockwaves

A boy gets gunned down

With a plastic toy

Two men watch him die

Parents lose their son

And you wonder why

Anger is the reaction

To the action

Of murder

A young man dies

And the world reacts

Shockwaves

A man walks away

A city burns

Shockwaves