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Last week, Nick Cannon spent some time in Dirty, Dirty Dallas and stopped by the 97.9 The Beat studios. Before he left for an event in Houston, the multi-talented business mogul and musician took a trip pass the Dallas Police Department’s headquarters where a large makeshift memorial has been constructed by supporters and citizens for the lives lost in July’s sniper attack that left five police officers dead and almost a dozen others wounded.

Yesterday, in his latest iteration of his weekly spoken word series #SpokenSundays, Cannon released “Dallas Flowers” on his Instagram account.

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Cannon likens the event to another famous assassination which took place in Dallas 53 years ago: The murder of United States President John F. Kennedy. The words to the touching piece:

Dallas Flowers

Dallas Flowers will never stop growing

Watered by the tears of innocent children

Delicately relished by millions

Dallas flowers blossom in November

Remember, 1963

Till July of 2016

Officers Ahrens, Smith, Thompson, Zamarippa and Krol

All very reminiscent of Kennedy

Did he really mean “Ask not what we did to this country but look at what this country did to me”?

Dallas flowers appear abundantly

Not as a reminder of tragedy

But as a reminder of humanity

A reminder of how much police and black lives are mattering

So make sure these Dallas flowers aren’t sent in vain

Let’s plant a seed of purpose

Instead of planting seeds of pain

Because every flower blooms from the dirt

But who knew our color subsequently grew from the root of all this hurt

We’re bruised

Black and Blue

Black and Blue

Dallas Flowers

The End

A reminder of how much police and black lives are mattering

So make sure these Dallas flowers aren’t sent in vain

Let’s plant a seed of purpose

Instead of planting seeds of pain

Because every flower blooms from the dirt

But who knew our color subsequently grew from the root of all this hurt

We’re bruised

Black and Blue

Black and Blue

Dallas Flowers

Thousands of Cannon’s fans left comments of gratitude on the post. Thank you for using your platform for good, Nick!

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