Nova Pioneer secondary students Ungowakho Madolo and Tyler George use their creativity, through poetry and song respectively, to speak out on the global Black Lives Matter movement. Here’s what they had to say:
Black lives matter
Black lives matter, but not until they’re gone
Mow black people’s lives like we’re grass on a lawn
How long has this been going on
Until this stops we will fight from dusk till dawn
We will stand up and fight
We will get up and protest
Oh, you expect us to sit down
Why?
Cuz we’re being oppressed?
Nah, that’s where you’re a wrong
We will stand strong
Fight for our rights
We will do so as long
As we lose our lives cuz of the colour of our skin
As long as we’re considered armed cuz we carry melanin
As long as cops get away with murder
How many George Floyds are there we never heard of
So what’s the solution
To this racial pollution
Some new laws in place?
Just get rid of race?
Maybe this is a problem we just have to face?
No, we just need the right cops
People who are qualified
People who really understand
That we need to live our lives
Cops that want to see the world changing, movin’
For the better
Where our lives matter
Cuz we’re human
Poem by Ungowakho Madolo, Grade 8 Student, Nova Pioneer Ormonde
Song by Tyler George, Grade 8 Student, Nova Pioneer Ormonde
Please note: Images and song are not proprietary to the student that created this video. They are not being used for commercial gain, but for self-expression.
