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The Last Black Lives Matter Sign in the Neighborhood

from The Information Age (Part Two) by John Elliott

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The last black lives matter sign in the neighborhood
In the lower level corner apartment
Is not lookin' too good
They used to be everywhere around
Then everybody took 'em down
I guess that black lives don't matter
I guess that black lives don't matter
I guess that black lives don't matter after all

In this house we believe that science is real
In this house we believe that love is love
And kindness is everything
But kindness is not everything
Kindness is kindness
And everything is everything
And black lives don't matter, apparently
Black lives don't matter, it seems to me
Black lives don't matter after all

Rosa Parks showed courage one day
She rode the bus
She was told to move to a different seat
She did not
She did what she believed was right

The last black lives matter sign in the neighborhood
Is no longer there
They took it down
Sometime last night
Under the cover to dark
Why'd you take it down
Why'd you put it up
I guess that black lives don't matter
Black lives don't matter
Black lives don't matter after all

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from The Information Age (Part Two), released February 12, 2021

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