Standpoint
it's crazy things happening
tell me I'm not going insane
I only got half a brain the rest
of it is the remains of different
things so much clutter when
I speak sometimes I stutter
I shutter to think behind
closed shutters mind matters
when peace is extinct it's
imperative for those survival
skills to kick in the door of
opportunity in the jungle
we rumble like ferocious
beast coz lions got cubs to
feed that's how we eat out
in these streets beating
pavement blood on the soles
of these feet mama what
time we gone eat this weight
too heavy to carry mama tell me
how come the holy spirit
tarry been suffering long time
dropped off and left out
in a place that ain't no home
world on our shoulder a lot of
weight to carry this hell is scary
the time is now we got no
no later the past ain't coming
back to save us why you
got our hopes up they out
there stringing ropes up
Tik Tok gang gang crimes
been black on black can't
blame white for that
"BLACK LIVES MATTER"
what you got to say bout
that? I don't hear nothing
stop tap dancing stomp on
something stop making
excuses stop changing
the subject stop trying to
look good in public behind
the scenes shaking hands
kissing enemies in meantime
we continue to bleed
how long shall we plead the
same case to a different race
who can't stand the sight of
us they despise our face
time to grasp your own mind
every body not gone fall
in line 20/20 vision not
color blind continue to grind
break a lot of timepieces
continued to wind it up
time is winding up lookout
don't look up pour it out in
a cup take a sip break some
bread make some dough
bake some more covet thy
neighbor makes us poor
if we barter we'll have more
in store these just some lines
some truth and no lies but
moving forward looking back
we're still far behind still I'll
be in this frame of mind until
I leaving this frame behind

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Great write! We got to get back to educating and liberating ourselves, Overselves! We got to get back to using the WORD to smash and shatter the oppressive syndrome that's got us back to destroying ourselves by doing the oppressors' work for him. We got to get back to that frame of mind tht enables us to realize that freedom--justice--liberation-- is not given; it is fought for and won! We got to get back to freeing the MIND! Peace and Love.
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Amazing writing
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Powerful penning Wize. Thanks for sharing.
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