Shall we ever overcome

Well, rest assured,

gone are the days

of the KKK and the Nazis?

Think again then

cause even in the 2020s

you have cases of Christian Cooper,

George Floyd and many others.

Chicken roasts, watermelons

are not things that you eat,

this is how the blacks are called

by the whites, in the land of opportunities;

the difference is perhaps never to end

the delinquent feud, never to cease,

only on the zebra crossings

would the black and white meet.

You have disappointed us America!

You belong to the hall of shame,

if you’d like to rebuild your glory,

rewrite your unfair history.

There’s one novel called Americanah,

that speaks volumes of the race

despite Hollywood, Disney land, and NASA

the White House has fallen from grace.

The KKK and the Nazis

are now living in the green room,

surreptitiously changing their outfit,

they appear sometimes as Police,

at other times, in Amy Cooper’s habit.

You have looked down upon the blacks

and the browns for generations,

you have called them names, attacked

them with your unkind words and actions, 

now do something really good and different

to end your characteristic indifference

the whole world is looking up to you,

we know your skin is way too fair

now, for the sake of goodness
please be fair in your behavior too.

Listen to Jackson's song again, Big brother,

"It don't matter if you're black or white"

the mindless violence continues, 

the meaningless fight continues,

injustice appears in black and white,

injustice appears in black and white.

The song of Martin Luther junior

still beats the desperate drum, 

from this mayhem, from this amiss

from this dark abyss

shall we ever overcome?

The facts may be cruel, unkind

but let's have faith in the land,

peaceful coexistence we may find

if we give each other a helping hand;

there's always hope in despair;

I'd like to say aloud, I'd like to say it aloud
'good whites far outnumber the bad', 
I can see hues in the tarnished color

like Maya's ‘rainbow in the cloud’.