A crime of hatred

On the Street..
The world under my feet
and a rock in my chest
I just saw the end
a crime of hatred

Just minutes earlier..

On the street
a man was beat
for who he is..
a homosexual man
It was a crime of hatred
On the street
I saw his feet
walk to the beat
and they saw his swagger
Thank god there was no knife
for then
it would have been a life
they took
and not just blood they took
in this crime of hatred

Those two in the street
Were wrestling
pan-handling
Those two in the street
had been defeated
by the system
and whether they chose their life or not
today they wouldn't be caught
for this crime of hatred

Those two on the street

Were much bigger than he
and they saw him coming
With a quip from the man
Those two ran, they ran at him
Those two jumped the man

"You fag" They yelled

"Stop" I yelled

Then after me they came

"You filthy whore!

We're settling the score.

If this fag talks shit,

he deserves to be hit"

In this time, this age
A man, any man
deserves
to say what he wants
live how he wants
love how he wants

without a punch in the gut
without a hit from them
Without blood in his mouth
Without a crime of hatred

When the Five 0 came
They took down his name
Didn't ask for the faces
of the people who had wronged him
NO!

I wanted to yell
I wanted the scream

" This man has been hurt
because of his god-given choices"

Because we all have free will
We all have a life

His will be walked with strife

His life

is harder than you might think

For his life
I will weep
and pray
that he
this man
lives another day
without being

tormented
aggravated
insulted
or bloodied

This man is something

A human being
A living
breathing
unique
person

he deserves more
than a crime of hatred