Freedom

The pain in our eyes
claiming our lives
until others step in our shoes
they will continue with this feud
this epoch of misery
death and destruction
calling it defense
but it's really just an abduction
of another soul from this earth
treading with no malice
just given the wrong color at birth

The outside world looks on with disgust
because they war against them
but chose to silence us
what do we stand for
in's not liberty
nor freedom
stripped of our dignity

being black in a nation of hate
is not compared to the injustice
or rights of the gays
it's not compared to the married rights
or so called freedom plights
at anytime they can chose how they look to others
blending in as done for years, my brother

This is all about how I can be shot
for looking, talking, walking, sitting a certain way
I can be choked, hung, stabbed, raped, and denied life because I was born this way
Inside my veins are blue
my heart beats and I have lungs too
but because my outsides are fierce
my color is a shade of brown
my lips are full and my butt is round
I become a target
a goal to achieve
a chance to high-five friends
while my people are in disbelief

This is a conscious war
a battle of law and justice
a ticking time bomb
that will implode
unless they are busted

but who will stand when no one else understands
who will fight when this is not their plight
who will speak out when our words have no clout
who will rise when they rather believe in lies
who will create change when to them no war has been waged
and who will pray when they don't care if we see another day