On a typical November Cleveland day
A little boy went outside to play
White boys get to run free, but black boys aren't allowed
Tamir Rice would have been 18 by now
He wasn't just a nameless shooting victim
A tragic product of a broken system
The system isn't broken, works exactly as designed
I guess that's why they say justice is blind
When all you've got is a toolbox full of hammers
Everything they see looks like a nail
When will all lives really matter
When will righteousness and peace prevail
We could start again, if only we knew how
Tamir Rice would have been 18 by now