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  and now here we go –
  another black folk
  gunned down
  SAY THEIR NAME HERE
  let’s listen
  to angry voices/cracked tears
  let’s cry
  for the woman inevitably
  standing next to him
  and let’s
  SAY THEIR NAME HERE
  don’t forget to bring up
  their past
  say: they was
  HOLDING A GUN
  DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL
  THREATENING AN OFFICER
  mean: they was
  BLACK.
  now is a good time
  to box us out with
  big words/lofty ideals
  but
  don’t forget to
  SAY THEIR NAME HERE
  copy paste
  so the next time
  another black folk
  gunned down
  because: they was
  BLACK
  you can
  SAY THEIR NAME HERE

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This is for Alton Sterling, Philando Castille, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, all my brothers and sisters who were gunned down / because: they was BLACK.
Rest in Power, brothers and sisters.