https://leeroystagger.bandcamp.com/track/black-teenagers

This is the type of song I wish I didn’t have to write.

The truth is I don’t have much control over what comes my way as far as songs go.
I try to follow where the muse guides me, I try to be an open conduit to what energy is flying around the room. This song is pretty explanatory of how I was feeling when the song made its way to paper.

The truth is I don’t really know what to do other than show up in the only ways I know how. Writing songs, showing up to protests. I have little kids, I want them to witness what is happening in the world we live in, I don’t want them growing up with he same racial biases I grew up with. 

BUT nothing will change without action. I want my kids to understand that it is important to show up. To have a voice but to not drown out those that need to be heard the most. It’s a fine line. I’m not comfortable walking it and that’s the truth. Sometimes the important things in life are uncomfortable. My white fragility, my white guilt is a real thing. I sit with it, I listen and try to understand my part in it all. I don’t have any answers but I want to help.

What I will not do is sit back and do nothing. I’ve heard these stories from my friends, from my colleagues and community members. We need reform, we need change, we need to come together NOW.

It’s not about guilt, it’s about honesty and truth and the willingness to change.

Recorded live, first take on one mic. Letting the energy flow through.

SAGE Clan is a grassroots organization that specializes in engaging those who need it the most in our community. Founded by community member Mark Brave Rock, SAGE Clan is based upon the successful community patrol based in Winnipeg BEAR Clan.
SAGE Clan patrols nightly on Mondays at 7pm, and Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9pm. We provide snacks, lunches, water and most importantly someone to talk to. We participate in various community events and have helped addicts get help and find treatment and family members find their loved ones on the street. We are not a policing force, nor are we addiction experts, we seek to provide a sense of community and support to those who feel neither.
Many of the patrollers have good relationships with the community members that are on the streets and suffering from addiction. SAGE Clan patrols year-round and is an essential part of the bigger fight against both homelessness and addiction. If you are passionate about impacting your community in a positive and productive way, join us in the fight against the crisis we face in our community. Little by little SAGE Clan continues to make a BIG impact on our community.

track by Leeroy Stagger