best believe . . .

a poem

best believe

our lives forever matter

and u can not kill us until u kill us

best believe

shit will never be sweet

so long as we hang

like strange fruit

as u pick freely from our tree

yet stay bitter

best believe

so long as u tell us stand

while u kneel

on backs on necks on hope

that we will dance

we will loot

we will yell

best believe

as u shoot one down

millions rise

for u can not break that which does not crack

for death only enrages a black man’s burden

and as our brothers and sisters lie

dead

scarred

discarded

least we can do is believe

shot by devin allen