She's My Hero-Talib Kweli

[00:00.763]We do it for the babies [00:02.793]They say falling in love the definition of going crazy [00:05.582]The knowledge that makes us just cherish innocence makes it impossible [00:08.338]He heading for the graves, driving right past the hospital [00:11.419]There be glass in the hallway [00:12.628]Bloodstained floors [00:16.728]Yeah [00:17.907]I like that one [00:20.857]Come on [00:21.793]They say karma is a ***** [00:23.483]And when you take a life [00:24.400]You pay the price [00:25.129]But if your way of life ain't been threatened [00:26.888]And you safe at night [00:28.016]How you out here judging thinking you giving people great advice [00:30.344]When those who should protect you, disrespect you, you can't take it light [00:33.264]Bresha Meadows, resemble my baby girl [00:35.680]14 years old taking a place in this crazy world [00:38.928]Her and her brothers lived in fear of their father's rage [00:41.617]He beat their mother so often, she prayed for the day she could be far away [00:44.504]Father's Day, an awkward occasion, would daddy fall from grace [00:47.256]Embrace the alcohol, call mommy a whore, put her back in her place [00:50.143]With black eyes, broken ribs, sla*****ng her weight [00:52.928]No speculation, just the facts of the case [00:55.345]Stated: Allegedly waving a gun in her face [00:57.968]After all that he came back and was great [01:00.217]Right [01:01.767]Tired of hearing mommy scream put the gun away [01:03.880]She knew that when she got the courage she would run away [01:06.648]But what about her brothers [01:08.216]she couldn't leave her mother [01:09.400]They told the cops, but all that did was make him treat them rougher [01:12.080]So what was she to do [01:13.224]She did what she was told to do [01:14.912]Exposure to violence increased the amount of violence that you open to [01:17.488]Why bother when the system support her father [01:20.263]Gradually her thoughts got darker [01:22.400]Do you kill yourself or kill the monster that's making you suicidal [01:25.512]Decision's too heavy for the mind of a child [01:28.583]There be glass in the hallway [01:30.104]Bloodstained floors [01:34.167]Yeah [01:35.504]I like that one [01:38.440]Let's go [01:39.664]They say karma is a ***** [01:40.945]And when you take a life [01:41.767]You pay the price [01:42.664]We shooting in these moments [01:43.704]To confuse your violence with a way of life [01:44.904]The funnel us from schools to the prisons, it's like they made a pipe [01:47.728]The conclusion that we reach is that the solution is that we take the fight to you [01:50.607]Bresha Meadows took matters in your own hands [01:53.751]14 years old with more courage than a grown man [01:56.415]Grabbed the gun that he threatened to whip [01:58.864]Crept in the bedroom [01:59.864]put the bullet in his brain while he slept [02:01.599]It left his daughter with post-traumatic stress disorder [02:04.976]She the phoenix out the flames, metamorphosis [02:07.736]Surviving in the Meadows house was kinda like a war [02:10.448]He threatened to kill her mother and her brothers many times before [02:13.176]The justice system is profit [02:14.999]They shuffle us to prison [02:16.256]But *****t is just as toxic for women to get a judge to listen [02:18.720]At first the family freaked out [02:20.586]But deep down they felt relief [02:22.304]‘Wipe the tears from your cheek, Mama you free now’ [02:25.397]Family wearing purple in the court room [02:27.190]Prosecution looking at the feds like make your move [02:29.652]Chance of beating this murder feel like zero [02:32.381]Her Mama, doing interviews like she's my hero [02:36.163]She shed no tears for her husband [02:37.987]Years to succumbing to her fears, have made her numb [02:40.683]From video games to war as we solve our problems with violence [02:43.107]It's how we speak [02:44.171]They either want your death or your silence [02:53.773]