Black History Month is upon us February, 2016… The year has changed and the issues remain the same. History, repeats and repeats. Yet still not getting the answers we seek…
Thoughts on the Riots surrounding the death of Freddie Gray (April 25, 2015)
Look how quickly Gray turned to red
Why are you not focusing on the reason this man is dead?
Displaying wonton behavior yes that is how we are supposed to act
Let’s proliferate the savage behavior yes we must
This will surely prove all cops are against us
Burn down our churches which was our ancestors place of sanction
Burn down our pharmacies which serves as our place for prescription
Destroy our communities in which our parents and those before them marched to have ownership … Yes OUR 40 acres!
Why the hell not!
We are young and angry so we will retaliate
And yes for us more jails they will make
And yes more rules we will break
And when it’s all said and done we will have won???
Your treatment is determined by your actions
Yes when you’re in jail they will truly gain satisfaction
Care packages, 3 squares and a cot
Boy you really showed them you’re the boss… now what else ya’ got?
Look how quickly Gray turned to red
Destruction in your eyes, have you forgotten the other colors in which our ancestral flag fly’s?… Red, black and green… Seen?
Tell me how your behavior wasn’t more than just a selfish act
Freddy Gray lost his life in a questionable way
The riots you initiated just took focus away
This was not about you
It’s about entitlement of our rights and respect that we are due
It’s about penalizing those who don’t recognize we all share a common birth right:
Regardless if we are black, red, yellow, blue or white!
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights…”
Look how quickly Gray turned to red
Eyes burning like fire, elevating your ignorance higher and higher
Kill or be killed living a modern western movie everyday
Until we look at the ground, turn on the hose to wash your blood stains away
Leaving families to mourn and the underlying problems are still unchanged
Look how quickly Gray turned to red
All the destruction you caused proved…<fill in the blank>
Wtf was running through your damn head?!!!
Guess what… justice still needs to be served and the dead remain dead
© Soulmuze, May, 2015
Pictures extracted from Google Images
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