Proximity

Ey, yo I don't know if you know what's been going on But they've been trying to separate us Keep us from being close to each other In proximity Because that's how we learn to be more tolerant to others Different backgrounds, races, colors We are brothers, sisters, cousins No matter distance, time, or space We can't waste any more time Because it might be too late to face our mistakes And make them right The plight of the black man as he's torn down again Just another example of the state of our nation So let's look at the issue from behind, from within From inside the trend, from inside the trend Inside and back out like the bullets tear through the glue Holding me together to you, to them To these people who have been injusticed We can't tolerate it Put down our weapons and speak in peace, with ease Without claiming disease I'm just feeling dis-ease With people being pushed down and put under the light For scrutiny to see Are they the same or different from you and me? You and I are not so different You and I are not that different Asks he or she or we because we don't understand Difference means a better view, a new lay of the land A more perfect perspective of the plan of man And woman alike And all those in between who have found the light And seen the sights The beauty of the universe and all its might My hope is to inspire so people start to desire The fundamental truth of the ever-burning fire of time We're all in it together So let's get it together and gather our minds Gather our thoughts, take down the blinds Because then I know we'll find the rhyme I know we'll find, I know we'll find I know we'll find the rhyme And rhythm of life Flowing through our blood And blowing through the night Let's break it down and see that the future is we Because if we bleed Then we bleed together as one human breed But hopefully that doesn't come to be No, hopefully Instead we'll plant our seeds of equity Equal opportunity across the seas And across all lands that be You don't have to like the book, but don't kill the read