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White Knee, Black Neck

There’s something wrong with the tree / Said Dr. Kendi

There’s something wrong with the tree
Said Dr. Kendi
Too much rotten fruit
A plague all its own
Sea to sea

Big city, rural town
It makes little difference

They had George Floyd handcuffed, face down
On the pavement
A white cop’s knee on George’s black neck
Choking his life away