Let Them

Let Them

Let them hate me

Let them kill me

For something I didn’t do

Arrested for what I am

Tried and convicted

I never stood a chance

Let them hate me

Let them kill me

I will not judge them

I will not hold a grudge

Just tie the rope tight

Make sure the knots will hold

I do not want to suffer

For something I didn’t do

I only ask one thing

When I am dead and cold

Take my bones

Carry them back to my home

Bury them under the sun

As it rises over the Great Divide

Just remember

I am not a black man

I am not a white man

I am just a man who died because of hatred