Human Is Human

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This is harm reduction Sit down and take a lesson On how to advocate for somebody else A movement and a mission with leveled up compassion Reaching to raise vulnerable voices 2016 My friends and I had a reckoning With oranges and waters in hand We headed into the wind Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA A man named David, he was my age Stuck in an old wheelchair I asked him why he was here He said that he'd been evicted He only wished for a one-way to Dayton bus ticket That day, I had no rеsources I could give him We both criеd at the circumstances we'd been given One hundred dollars could have changed his situation I didn't even have ten I really hope you listen, we all deserve some kindness In every way we're in, human is human A fellow punker, indeed Came to LA in a lot of need Asking for help from the scene We didn't let him end up on the street In his last night of shame and stigma He used alone and overdosed, leaving a cruel enigma Afraid to let us know that he was using Or to ask for safety in his community He died alone at the peak of his new beginning With unanswered questions It's controversy, these NIMBY'S want to shed some blood Against those in need from poverty and the war on drugs We all need a hug We give out Naloxone and brand new needles Meet people where they're at, give them hope so they can heal These exchanges and conversations are the real Change in the world We've all been hurt And we all need help