There were more witnesses
from East Hills
than from my side of the hood
of the tracks
of the border
of that invisible line
we weren’t supposed to cross
The couple who just moved in with the baby
who said
We tried so hard to build community
The kindergarten teacher who said
I’ve always been good to those
neighborhood kids
And the college kid who
recorded the whole thing
and said
I knew something was gonna go down
so I just picked up my phone
To call the police? Clyde asked
Nah, for social, the kid said
It was like a mob
an ambush
So I went live
And no, I’ve never seen them before
Then when Clyde asked
How long have you been in the neighborhood?
Just the weekend, visiting friends
the college kid said
I didn’t think it would blow up like this
That video made you pretty famous, huh?
The college kid laughed
and all I wanted to do was
drag him off that witness stand
But that would’ve looked bad
Really bad