The Shot They Never Had to Take
It was the shot they never had to take, But they took it just the same. Left her name on the concrete, Then buried it in blame.
[Verse 1]
She wasn’t loud, she wasn’t armed,
Just a soul with a beating heart.
But some men see a shadow
And forget what mercy’s for.
A flash of fear, a practiced lie,
Another name the news will try
To fold into the silence
We’ve all been dying toward.
[Chorus]
It was the shot they never had to take,
But they took it just the same.
Left her name on the concrete,
Then buried it in blame.
They said “order,” they said “threat,”
But there’s blood on that mistake.
It was the shot they never had to take.
[Verse 2]
Old Ben warned us long ago,
That power grows cold when it’s never told “no.”
And cruelty walks easy
When it wears a badge and gun.
She wasn’t what they said she was,
But truth don’t matter once the trigger does.
They rewrite the ending
Before the breath is gone.
[Chorus]
It was the shot they never had to take,
No danger, no charge, no chase.
Just another excuse
To erase a face.
They called her “disorder,”
But it’s justice that breaks—
With every shot they never had to take.
[Bridge]
You can feel it in the silence,
The lie behind the badge.
They say it’s about safety—
But it’s always about power,
And who they get to smash.
[Final Chorus]
It was the shot they never had to take,
But they pulled like she was war.
No trial, no question,
Just death behind the door.
And we’re left with her name
And a fire we can’t fake—
For every shot they never had to take.