Because we’re all social media activists summing up Black death into a post
His Twitter account’s a ghost, body gone but let’s retweet, retweet, retweet then roast
The racist trolls that comment and so we end up in a forever debate
But we never take the conversation outside of social media’s gate
Like, retweet, retweet, repost, like, favorite, quote
Instas and SnapChat our new underground railroad steamboats
Yet we’re not really involved in the struggle, we’re detached
Talking about we woke when all we seem to do are hashtags
#NeverForget Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown
But what are we doing to keep the next Black target from being gunned down?
21ST century Harriet Tubman so-called freeing people with a tweet
And yeah I know words are powerful but they don’t stop the beasts from eating
Soaked in savagery, blood and all you can do is post a snap
On the Gram and Facebook and overlooking the real life trap
Fandoms on Tumblr but you can’t tumble your way to freedom, justice
Do it yourselves on Pinterest while politicians causing do it themselves destruction
Retweet, retweet, post, favorite, like
And yeah a like can raise awareness but you leaving out the real life strike
Blocked, reported but you can’t block the gun aimed at your head
And we say we’re staying woke but we’re all still a little dead
No progress, no change so how woke are we really, are we really?
We say we woulda stood with Harriet but she would’ve been real busy
Retweet this Harriet, Retweet that and pull us out of our mental cave
Free us, Harriet, free us, for we’re the 1000 that know we’re slaves
See, there’s a place for the underground social media railroad
But sometimes we gotta go from the tweets to the streets to really attain the justice we’re owed
So retweet, post, favorite, comment, like, quote, retweet
Then meet me behind the screen, #staywoke in the streets
