Suspicious

Do I look suspicious?
Or are you just that ignorant?
Is my character outweighed by my complexion?
Maybe it's from you that I need the protection.
Maybe it's from your chains that I can't be freed.
Maybe your stereotypes are why I can't be me.
Yes, I love skittles and my Arizona tea.
I love watermelon, fried chicken, and rocking my hoodie.
Does that make me bad? Or even dangerous?
Does that make my case not worth the justice?
Why should I care about your parents, when now mine shed tears?
They will never know what was to come of my future years.
Maybe I was going to be a doctor, or headed to the NFL.
It's sad to say that now I can't tell.

Do I look suspicious?
Or maybe you are blind?
Maybe you're afraid of progression because your living in past times.
Maybe you should wake up and see I have the right.
And it has nothing to do with whether I'm black or white.
I'm human, just like you; although my morals made me better.
"My momma didn't raise no fool." I was always a go-getter.
I didn't rob banks, or stick up the corner store.
So what I got suspended? I'm sure there would have been more.
Yes, I love skittles, and my Arizona tea.
I love watermelon, fried chicken, and rocking my hoodie.
Does that make me a hoodlum? Am I now a thug?
'Cuz I'm not all mushy, and not too fond of hugs.
But I guess since you're the judge, I should do what you say.
I should tell you where I'm heading in life, as if you're heading the same way.

Do I look suspicious?
Because I'm rocking baggy jeans?
If you take a second look, you'll see everything is not what it seems.
Yes, I love my skittles, and my Arizona tea.
I love watermelon, fried chicken, and rocking my hoodie.
Maybe if you gave me a chance, and saw passed my complexion...
You wouldn't be moving backward, when forward was my direction.
But it's too late for 'maybes' now because we will never know.
Momma always told me, "You will reap what you sow."

Yes I loved my skittles, and my Arizona tea.
And in the next life time, I'll still be rocking my hoodie.
Do I look suspicious?

Did I look suspicious?