In the Wake of

I heard it said that angry black people who

act out in violence against social injustice

are sending the wrong message

 

forget the moment we have suffered years

in silence enduring decades of violence

inflicted on us

 

our plight is to bring light to the shots heard

in the dark to the eyes of those who do not

see the sparks

 

this is not right this is wrong

"WE SHALL OVERCOME"

that's been done, we have already

marched to that DAMN song

 

tell me what's right about the messages

that we receive I mean, does it indicate

to us why we have to bleed? NO

 

you see now we can read the news

about the countless mother's and father's

who are left to grieve

 

are we in fact free in this country

in this sweet land of liberty

are you kidding me, not one iota

 

we're being stuffed in body bags for a quota

Martin Luther King Jr. is rolling over in his grave

because Willy lynch has risen from the dead

the sheriff and his deputies are now Klansmen

 

who gave the order to start abolishing us

who signed the contract was it with the

left or right hand or was it a double handed

bandit, just trying to understand it

 

we have received your message and it is

quite clear enough to us that you want us

to adhere like you care but you know damn well

that justice is not on our side nor is it anywhere near

 

so la la la with plugged ears we don't here you

here us, "WE DO NOT FEAR YOU"

 

America taught us to war against attack

who does this offend is this the wrong

message to send, hands up, no gun it's

just a pen in my hand don't spill my ink man

 

truth no lie a grand wizard founded the FBI

like those who were ordered to kill Fred

or any other brother or sister who were

shot, hung, choked, drug and slugged

till they were dead

 

why are we under attack? no other reason

than the fact that we are black and because

of that we have enemies who hate us for that

 

I heard it said that angry black people who

act out in violence against social injustice

are sending the wrong message