What Are Your Plans? — Josephine Gyasi
Josephine Gyasi is a Rising Artist, part of our #WhoseFuture 2020 takeover.
"I wrote this back in May, when I felt my heart break. I was SO triggered and SO tired that I fell into deep depression, reflection and came all the way offline.
This is me expressing my anger, pain and thoughts to every non-black person on the planet.. but especially to the ones with the most power: The White Man.
I am angry, I am sad, I am human and I am demanding action. Unapologetically. This is not about us, this is about you. You have the power to change it. We want answers. So the question must be normalised and asked far and wide. What are your plans?
A simple question that only deserves a simple answer.” — Josephine Gyasi
What Are Your Plans?
I’m sick of death
I’m sick to death
I’M SICK OF DEATH
From all the way over there
How could you understand
That to walk outside your door
Might mean fate has other plans
You may never return
Instead you’ll be dead
Murdered.
On the streets
Like a rodent with disease
The White Man stops you
On your way
Thinks you’ve got too much to say
So he tears away your life
Makes you beg
And plead
And pray
We ask ourselves, why?
But the question is, why not?
Why would The White Man change?
With no orders from the top?
No justice
No peace
No racist police
The blood is on your hands
The blood is on your hands
The blood is on your hands
So, Mr White Man…
What are your plans?
-- JG
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