Her name was Breonna Taylor" (Conn, 2020).

#sayhername #justiceforbreonna 

Sign the petition: 
https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justiceforbre-breonna-taylor-officers-fired/?source=ab_searchads&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8L205sPN6gIVNPC1Ch2yDwTxEAAYASAAEgLZU_D_BwE

-God’s Plan by Drake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpVfcZ0ZcFM 
"I don't wanna die for them to miss me
Yes I see the things that they wishin' on me
Hope I got some brothers that outlive me
They gon' tell the story, shit was different with me" 
This music video is great! It shows how Drake is using his fame and success to give back to his community. Even though we moved away from Garden Heights, I want to do the same thing. I will never forget to give back to the hood that raised me!

-Year 3000 by The Jonas Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSry5-qfVFs
Damn, I hope things change by the year 3000. 

-Hold on by The Jonas Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHbnoZHcDxw
"When it falls apart
And your feeling lost
All your hope is gone
Don't forget to hold on, hold on" 
Let's all hold on together! There is so much life left to live. Let's make it a better life for everyone!

-From the Cradle to the Grave by Tupac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub2gw0nIRTo
From when he was born to when he died, Khalil never had it easy. He faced poverty, a single parent household, a parent with an addiction, a grandmother with cancer, and the pressure from the neighborhood drug dealers. His life was not easy.
-Dear Mama by Tupac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb1ZvUDvLDY
-Brenda's Got A Baby by Tupac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRWUs0KtB-I
Even though she did not always deserve it, Khalil loved his mama, Miss Brenda. The circumstance that she grew up in did not give her many chances and opportunities.
-Thugz Mansion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVObfpaR2_I
"I got a spot for us all, so we can ball, at thug's mansion

Ain't no place I'd rather be
Chil'ren, dead homies and family
Sky high, iced out paradise, in the sky
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Only place that's right for me
Chromed out mansion in paradise, in the sky" 
I hope that Khalil and Natasha are together in a place where they can feel no hurt, pain, fear, or discrimination. I hope they are looking down on me from someplace nice.

I can’t breathe 

On one hand, it’s the cops

on the other hand…

it’s the cops 

The truth casts a shadow 

I’ve seen it happen over and over again: 

Like a horror movie on repeat

A black person gets killed just for being black 

Murdered 

He’s not the first one to do something like this 

And get away with it 

Same shit, different century 

A system designed against us 

Still giving hate 

Making us out to be monsters 

Like we’re superhumans 

There’s Them and then there’s Us 

Sometimes 

They look like Us 

and don’t realize They are Us 

This is about Us, with a capital U; 

Everybody who looks like us, 

Feels like us,  

And is experiencing this pain with us 

We ride the waves of grief together 

People like us 

In situations like this 

Become hashtags, 

But they rarely get justice 

A name is important

It defines you 

They don’t even say his name 

They don’t mention he was unarmed 

Instead, 

They say he was 

 A Suspected Drug Dealer

He was just a thug 

Investigating or justifying? 

Trying to rationalize his death 

I didn’t know a dead person 

Could be charged with his own 

Murder 

He didn’t pull the trigger on himself 

He was a kid 

He was once a walking, 

Talking human being 

He had dreams 

And

He was murdered 

By a cop 

His assumption killed 

You could see 

A red river 

Flowing down the street 

He was more than any bad decision he made

He didn’t deserve to die 

But

I’m not giving up on a better ending 

My anger is theirs, 

and theirs is mine 

We can help fix it

We just gotta give a damn 

You matter 

And 

Your voice matters 

Our voices are weapons 

Use your weapon

Speak 

The key is to never stop doing right

We all wait for that one time, 

when it ends right 

Maybe this can be it 

A love letter in the simplest form: 

Let’s join our together and make our voices heard