The American body carries the virus Racism, bigotry, one-sidedness is synonymous The residual racial cough is contagious So what's the fuss Because It's killing only us Spread dead the American body Spread through the American body The plague Meanwhile black boys are killing each other wantonly Deliberately It is sometimes advantageous to go unheard To be unseen Rewired brain chemicals changing mental circuitry Shifting right and left brain symmetry Chemistry They say we die by the gun in poverty Ignoring that internally we are suffering mentally Financially, struggling with PTSD, depression and anxiety Cut dead