What's Going On?

Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some loving here today, yeah

Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some loving here today, oh (Oh)

Picket lines (Sister) and picket signs (Sister)
Don't punish me (Sister) with brutality (Sister)
Talk to me (Sister), so you can see (Sister)
Oh, what's going on (What's going on)
What's going on (What's going on)
Yeah, what's going on (What's going on)
Oh, what's going on

Mother, mother
Everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply 'cause our hair is long?
Oh, you know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today, oh-oh

Picket lines (Brother) and picket signs (Brother)
Don't punish me (Brother) with brutality (Brother)
Come on, talk to me (Brother), so you can see (Brother)
Oh, what's going on (What's going on)
Yeah, what's going on (What's going on)
Tell me what's going on (What's going on)
I'll tell you what's going on (What's going on)

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I tried several times to try to capture my thoughts on the lack of justice for Breonna Taylor today.

Words didn’t come. Only emotions. Then some broken thoughts.

• We protest for death. Others for inconvenience. Why are we vilified?
• What is being protected if we aren’t protecting the people?
• Why is that all we get is hope?
• If her life was worth $12 million, what do we need to pay for justice?
• Are we not better than this?
• Keep pushing. You’ll make the days ahead better.

Breonna Taylor deserves better. As a country, we deserve better.

Smh.

What’s going on?