My Ancestors Pain.....

I swear I felt my soul getting kicked when some white guy called me a "black Nigger bitch"

I swear I felt an ounce of what my people have suffered

Behind the anger lied struggle

Struggle to still exist in a world predominantly white

Struggle to say "I am somebody" while at the same time continuing to have to fight

Fight for justice

Fight for freedom

Fight for social change

Why do people treat us inferior

When we are the real Kings and Queens

Because the melanin of my skin is dark and tanned

But at the same time I'm hated because theirs won't change no matter how many sun tans

Hatred spilled out of my eyes

And my blood boiled

To be reduced to a moment of a slur, broke my heart

Something inside of me lit a fire so bright

Images of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, and Trey came into sight

When does racism stop

Or is it even a cure

Because I'm scared for my black son growing up in a world so damn impure

Statistics show that a black man life span is shorter than a beginners fro

We have been broken as a team

Some people say "pray" " don't worry about words"

But if words didn't hurt so much then why the fuck are mere sentences the reason for all this hurt How can you not stand up for yourself

I swear I felt like "Sofia in color purple" when she had just about enough

We been turning the other cheek and ignoring the problem

That a simple "get over it" magnifies the issue

Something is wrong with your character if you can allow a person to diminish you to absolutely nothin

There's no fight

No moment of clarity for justice

Does it touch your soul

Or even shake your core

Or are you to busy trying to ignore everything we've been fighting for

I think I can hear my ancestors crying

I am built off of their strength

History is repeating itself and 2016 is now 1960

The same cycle always boomerang and come back around

You know how you cover up a problem instead of attempting to take it down

"Until you do right by me" is cliche

And there's no Danny Glover

No color purple

Just bursts of red

"All my life I had to fight" is still true for us and proof that racism still exists

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