“Eyes watching through filtered screens seeing every lie, reading every made-up word like a black hoodie counts as a mask like some shit I do with my fingers counts as gang signs like a few fights counts as uncontrollable rage like failing three classes counts as being dumb as fuck like everything that I am, that I've ever been counts as being guilty” Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemRacial InjusticeCriminal Justice Reform Book:Punching the Air Source: Punching the Air
“My life, my whole damn life before that courtroom before that trial before that night was like Africa And this door leads to a slave ship And maybe jail maybe jail is is America” AmericaSlaveryCriminal Justice Reform Book:Punching the Air Source: Punching the Air
“Processed It's like I'm meat or wheat Made into a burger or deli slices Made into pasta or bread Processed Not the boy I was before the machine Before the braking down and pulling apart Before the adding and taking away I was made for easy, fast consumption Like food chains in the hood Umi said don't go there That you are what you eat Those jails that system has swallowed me whole” Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemCriminal Justice Reform Book:Punching the Air Source: Punching the Air