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title: In Her Good Name - In memory of Renee Good
description: A poem or song In Memory of Renee Good, who lost her life in 2026, as part of a history of loss in America that stretches through time, and it has to have a reason.
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# In Her Good Name - In memory of Renee Good

[Broomwatr](https://broomwatr.com/blog/author/broomwatr)

 January 20 2026

[Poetry](https://broomwatr.com/blog/tag/poetry), [music](https://broomwatr.com/blog/tag/music), [Gun Violence](https://broomwatr.com/blog/tag/gun-violence), [Loss](https://broomwatr.com/blog/tag/loss), [hope](https://broomwatr.com/blog/tag/hope)

*I don't have the answers, all I do is write, and hope others read. We saw a mother murdered in broad daylight in Minneapolis. I wrote this in her memory. Anyone with some musical talent who wants to use this, please do. I give the rights away to the world, no way I would take a dime for something like this.  For 3 years, I've been seeking musicians to write with me, maybe this will break through. Here is a version from Suno, I don't love using it, but feel a bit lost in getting these words out there. I never use AI for lyrics, never ... [Listen to demo here](https://suno.com/s/6JBDahUspAaRKwGx)  
~broomwatr 1/20/2026*

 

*In her Good Name \[In memory of Renee Good\]*

Let me tell you a something   
A woman named Renee  
With Laughter in her eyes  
And a tendency to pray   
When her name was heard  
It was in the vein of good  
Helping and a singing  
Keepin’ people safe  
Her name was Good

One fateful day  
Drivin' in her 'hood  
She saw something mean  
In the name of good  
Saw too many dreams  
One too many things  
Through smoke and dust  
Watchin’ it rust  
At the start of the day  
She had something to say  
In her Good name

Say her name  
Renee  
In her Good name

Now around the bend  
Some scared little men  
Beating people’s doors  
Pushin’ to the floors  
Screamin', oh so loudly  
Gettin’ all rowdy  
Their faith gone rogue  
Bought and sold  
Saddled so spastic  
Wearin' traces  
Of the fake plastic  
Mara-Lago faces  
Now they say her name

Say her name  
Renee  
In her Good name

The Youtube memes  
The Facebook things  
Their hittin’ us daily now  
Slicing all the angles  
Gettin' it tangled how  
The shit went down  
But if you go and unravel that knot  
You know what they forgot?  
the truth is true  
its lookin’ at me  
And it’s lookin’ at you  
For the grace of love  
Ah the Gods above  
Thy kingdom come  
Thy will be done  
Here we come

And we Say her name   
Renee  
In her Good name

*Got some gray in your soul?*

*in a dark place?*

*Keep your head held high*

*Just give it some space*

*Yeah don't you recall?*

*Even in a black hole,*

*only light escapes*

*And all i know *

*As my heart elates*

*Man it can't wait*

*a meditative state*

*This is all so fleeting*

*I’ll keep repeating*

*Repeat with me*

And we Say her name   
Renee  
In her Good name

Let me tell you a tale   
A mother one day  
With something to say  
True courage, afraid  
Showed us sacrifice   
Can never truly  be unmade  
They thought they stopped her  
Shut her up,   
shot her one, two, thrice

But to their surprise  
Straight outta the ICE  
came another one

a wife  
a sister  
a brother  
a son  
one hundred  
1000  
10,000  
1 million strong

Standing at her back  
Now it's us who are  
Banging on the doors  
Sleeping on the floors  
We never stop  
It never ends  
Until the freedom come  
They kingdom come  
OUR will be done  
Until we right the wrong  
For those who are slain  
Those who are poor  
Go to your friends   
Help them stare  
Into the sun  
Eyes up head down  
Pushin’ everyone along  
Keep the poise  
Watch for the boys  
In camo and masks  
Pointing their toys  
Like a buncha cowboys  
Send their asses home  
Drive them insane  
So they face their pain

As for Renee  
I think she's around  
Seeping  in the cracks   
Soaking in the ground  
Planting that seed   
So we can turn this around

Is she the last?  
This line from our past?  
It spreads through time  
Keeping us thinking, like  
The Abraham Lincolns  
Crazy horse  and those  
Black church deacons  
Don't forget, MLK  
Mr. Evers   
Mr. Till  
And Harvey milk as well,  
John T. Williams  
A man named George Floyd  
And Breonna Taylor  
So many others  
Say their names

They won't take my joy  
I will revel in my rights  
When  they double down on death  
I will fight for life

They won't take my joy  
I will revel in my rights  
When  they double down on death  
I will fight for life

They won't take my joy  
I will revel in my rights  
When  they double down on death  
I will fight for life

They won't take my joy  
I will revel in my rights  
When  they double down on death  
I will fight for life

They won't take my joy

I will revel in my rights

When  they double down on death

I will fight for life

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