Sons of the Earth
The cruelty of this land will make you sick
Will drive you to the point of madness and back
So black son
Black man
Stand firm be strong to rise and take your rightful place
No more shall our suns be gunned down like game
No more shall our sons be imprisoned
Dehumanized
Humiliated and groomed to a wild beast
No more shall our sons carry the burdens of yesterday
To be found guilty today and have not committed a crime...yet...or never still
No more shall we as black mothers raise second class citizens
Of men who know not where there are from or going
For we are reminded if you know not who you are or whence you came you are twice defeated
No more shall we as black fathers allow our sons to be disgraced
Let not our suns see the hole of a gun barrel
Let not our sounds hear the slamming of prison bars deafening the ear drum
Let not our sons feel the pain of batons and and kicks of steel boots
Let not our sons be lead into temptation for Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.
But to be men of Integrity
Men of truth
Men of love
To be men who who shake the core of existence like lion protecting the pride
To be men who teach and show their sons and sons sons that
it is God they see in the mirror
and I their mother will just like a lioness kill a lion for my cub
I will slash my wrists if my speech speaks not the truth and protect my child my children
that'show serious this is let us speak the truth to our sons and
save their souls from the burden of our ancestors
this is for my son!
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