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Date of My Death (Trayvon Martin)

by Tahir Jahi

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We want justice for the death of Trayvon Martin

Please sign the petition:
www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-17-year-old-trayvon-martin

On February 26, our son Trayvon Martin was shot and killed as he walked to a family member's home from a convenience store where he had just bought some candy. He was only 17 years-old.

Trayvon's killer, George Zimmerman, admitted to police that he shot Trayvon in the chest. Zimmerman, the community's self appointed "neighborhood watch leader," called the police to report a suspicious person when he saw Travyon, a young black man, walking from the store. But Zimmerman still hasn't been charged for murdering our son.

Trayvon was our hero. At the age 9, Trayvon pulled his father from a burning kitchen, saving his life. He loved sports and horseback riding. At only 17 he had a bright future ahead of him with dreams of attending college and becoming an aviation mechanic. Now that’s all gone.

When Zimmerman reported Trayvon to the police, they told him not to confront him. But he did anyway. All we know about what happened next is that our 17 year-old son, who was completely unarmed, was shot and killed.

It's been nearly two weeks and the Sanford Police have refused to arrest George Zimmerman. In their public statements, they even go so far as to stand up for the killer - saying he's "a college grad" who took a class in criminal justice.

Please join us in calling on Norman Wolfinger, Florida's 18th District State's Attorney, to investigate my son's murder and prosecute George Zimmerman for the shooting and killing of Trayvon Martin.

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According to forces outside the individual
No matter what you care to d do, I'm the criminal
Sick of innocent getting wrong by ignorant
Who will benefit from this medicine
Coming from my lungs
War veteran
Please let em in
Fuck a democrats and republicans
I don't care about your publishing
Publication
Or your cover that I'm face wit
Yeah mirages
Just illusions
Of confusion
Got kids thinking love is abusing
No one wants to plant seeds for the corn
Everyone wants to raid the barn
Thats why I'm staying armed
Staying calm like the eye of the storm
I'll be that cool breeze
Before the raise of the tide
Yeah the swarm
Moving fast
Enlighten the mass
I'll definitely doing
So plan on a viewing
A family reunion
For years
Trying to stop
Trail of the tears


Don't know the
Date of my death
But will fight for
Whatever is left
Push stress on these bars
Shine like a star
The beings of light
Pyramids were in line with me
So let us proceed


I'm not a goon or a goblin
I am Trayvon Marin
Hear the help from his screams
Gunned down by a terrorist
Neighborhood Watch Captain
Starts clapping
Called Tray a burglar
Not a vigilante george is murder
Ends the life of a teen boy that had dreams
Zimmerman calms self defense
Didn't make any sense
Why is he still on the streets
Police try circumvent
Painted a picture like trey was a feen
While officers state that george is squeaky clean
Eight calls in audio form
From my experience this is the norm
Were you concern when you play it
When you're black or brown
You know this is not isolated
It's built into fabric of our history
We want justice and this is not a mystery

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released March 17, 2012
Produced by @Buscrates
Written by @TahirJahi

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