Crime HAS gone way down compared to what it used to be and probably most of our childhoods. And yet budgets have only increased, their militarization has only increased, fear mongering about crime has only increased, their siege mentality has only increased etc.
I gotta be righteous, I gotta be me, I gotta be conscious, I gotta be free, I gotta be able, I gotta attack, I gotta be stable, I gotta be black.