We don’t have much time
We never really did
And if you thought you were exempt from this
You were wrong
So that’s why God sent me here tonight
To preach to you from the book
Of John
And I don’t mean the Baptist
I mean one who preached what he practiced
The same type of time I’m o–
–wait, hold on–
If I really told you what I thought I’d be dead wrong
So instead
I’ll give you a view of the alternate thoughts
Inside my head
See, I parked in the lot off High Street and MLK
You know, the lot owned by UK
(You can park there for free after 730 but from that you ain’t heard me)
And just to make sure I had the money to get in your establishment
I’ll take from theirs, it’s fair play
But
Anyway
I was waiting at the stoplight to cross on Broadway
Word to the Melroy
And I almost stepped on this little white boy
With blonde hair and a hat on like the little Jetson
….Elroy
And I looked up at who I assumed was his dad
And instead of getting mad he said
“I’m sorry we were in your way”
And I was like, nah, that’s cool
It’s ok
I was trying to get across and I didn’t see him
He said “nah, it’s our fault”
And the light didn’t change 
So I got a real good chance to take him in
And he was about my size, 5’11, 5’10
Wiry but slim
White dude with a long beard
And we’re still waiting to
Cross the street
And we’re still waiting and our eyes meet
And he says,
“I’m really sorry for the way we are”
He paused
“Towards y’all”
And I took it in and thought,
Shit,
If I wasn’t so afraid of strangers
We’d probably be friends
And before I got to speak again
He leaned in
And asked me
“Do you fuck with John Brown?”
I whispered to him 
(Cause of the kid)
Motherfucker, I’m down
I’m hip to who you talking bout
Say less
We could get real deep bout dude
But it’s little kids around 
And he said “cool, so check this out…”
“We couldn’t have built this all without you,
So we owe you all
Without you this shit we have would crumble and fall
And for this a great debt we need to repay
So if it can’t be in cash
Then folks like me are going to have to risk their pale ass
That’s why I wanted to ask if you knew who John Brown was”
I sat back stunned like…yeah, for sure, cuz, go on
So then he said, today, I told him that I realized
That I had to tell *him*
That some of us are Evil,
Evil people
And that’s why we fight back
That’s why we support those who defend themselves from
Bullies at games
That’s why we stand up for those who don’t look like us when they’re 
Calling them names
That’s why we stand on the right side of history
And then
The light changed
And I realized we had just been standing there
And he moved his hand
To let me go in front of them
And that wasn’t lost on me
I really hoped I finally met a white man in Kentucky who
Would give it all up for me
He said
“Don’t forget about John Brown”
and I said 
I won’t 
Not as long as there are white folks 
Like you around