Crickets

[Intro – Spoken Word Style] Yeah… It’s always loud till the pain hit home Then silence speaks volumes, huh… Let’s talk. ⸻ [Verse 1] I don’t see none of you so-called kings When the shots ring out in our own streets Lil’ man gone from a desk to a casket But no marches, no chants, just a closed tweet We preach power, fists in the air But where’s that energy when we breathe our own fear? If the killer ain’t pale, then it ain’t no post Just candles on the curb and another lost ghost We selective with the outrage, choose our cries Only scream justice when a badge take lives But when it’s fam on fam, just crickets in the night Where the love go? Where the real ones who fight? ⸻ [Chorus] Crickets… when the blood look like mine Crickets… when we toe our own line Talk woke, but the silence is blind Make it make sense, why we mute in our time? Crickets… when it’s pain in the hood Crickets… like that loss ain’t as good If it ain’t caught on a cam with a badge Then I guess it don’t matter, and that’s real sad ⸻ [Verse 2] They love to quote Malcolm, flex like Huey But can’t face the mirror when it’s not a movie We losing babies in classrooms and playgrounds But the timeline dry — why ain’t y’all stayin’ loud? Truth is, we scared of the mirror’s reflection ’Cause healing takes more than projection More than a slogan, more than a meme It’s boots on the ground, it’s breaking the dream It’s checking our own with the same loud pride It’s mourning all life, not just when they white You ain’t pro-black if you ain’t anti-violence And if you quiet now, that’s compliance ⸻ [Chorus] Crickets… when the blood look like mine Crickets… when we toe our own line Talk woke, but the silence is blind Make it make sense, why we mute in our time? Crickets… when it’s pain in the hood Crickets… like that loss ain’t as good If it ain’t caught on a cam with a badge Then I guess it don’t matter, and that’s real sad ⸻ [Outro – Spoken] Don’t just speak when it’s trendy Don’t just ride for us when it’s convenient Speak when it’s hard… That’s what makes it real. No more crickets.