Kalief Browder
Long time I owed this
Never gave him a dap
Yet you wouldn’t know this
I owe this
To praise this man
For his courage
Crossing that bridge
In your words
You were nervous
Yet you held it all the way down
Deeper than the earth’s crust
Three years to prove your innocence
This man is just
An inspiration
A martyr for other vocab
Lost your teen years
Can’t even call you a grad
Does this shit make me sad
No
Borderline suicidal
Hundred plus days in the box
How you kept your vitals
How the fuck you kept survival
Possible
Every court date
Where they lied to you
My role model
How you kept hope inside you
You got me smiling dude
Cause you fought when you couldn’t win
Can’t let this go
Cause myself it could’ve been
I can’t judge you
For the fact that you killed yourself
I never been what you been through
I don’t know how it felt
To be forced to admit
What you didn’t do
Fucks me up
Could you have predicted it
In middle school
Fitting the description
This punk ass accusing you
Stealing a book pack
Over a book pack
The system you moving through
Your honor
The people are not ready
Back to the island
Stomach knots control belly
Missing all your homies
Summer stops at the deli
Kalief Browder
You are an idol
Talking to yourself
Bro I’m just like you
Riding train back and forth
I did that in high school
Mind you
You never plead guilty
Jury never read guilty
You beat them
More than that
You showed us that
Jumped and lumped
You were no punk
You are what many pretend to be
And that’s strong
I will keep your name alive
And that’s bond..!!
PayneInTheCulo 