non-violence, children, non-violence
nevermind that we stole you and dragged you across an ocean
raped you, beat you, enslaved you for hundreds of years
that we hung your men and women
hung children like you to keep compliance
do as Martin Luther King Jr. did
non-violence, children, non-violence.

non-violence, children, non-violence
do as Martin Luther King Jr. did
if we hit you and hit you and hit you, do not hit back
do not pay us back for what we have done and still do
do not pay us back for the children we hung, the ones like you
do not do as Malcolm X did
non-violence, children, non-violence.

non-violence, children, non-violence
do not do as Malcolm X did
do not be fearless as he was
do not defend yourself and your family from us
that is violence, because that is retaliation
just like the Black Panthers
non-violence, children, non-violence.

non-violence, children, non-violence
do not do as the Black Panthers did
do not provide basic needs to your people that we should have
do not unite all the people we have exploited and oppressed
or we will storm your house as you sleep and fire 99 shots, no warning
we will vilify you, break you systematically, kill you from the inside
non-violence, children.

non-violence.