My blackness is a blessing
Why do you see me as a curse?
What do we have to do for you to see our worth?
Been trying to hold our greatness since the beginning of time
Stolen or murdered in cold blood every time
As a woman of stature and dignity
I hate to feel enraged when all I desire is respect
Having faith in what I envision in my mind
Instead of the the red and blue streaks, gunshots blasted in my nightmares
Screams that just wanted freedom
Youβd be surprised to know I wished I dreamed About ghost and goblins
And I could say I just had a bad dream
But when I asked God to help me understand
My ancestors lit the flame
And let me touch a little of the past and the present
With a few drops of our future
Even when the fight took out their bodies
They never died, they never left us
All they endured flows through us
Every feeling of disgrace or regret
Every time we settled for less
Every feeling of compliance, reliance, and compromise
Still runs through our nervous system like a sickness
Every time they kill another one of us
Every time somebody that doesnβt look like us
Gets handed a cookie and a pat on the back
For doing something they would have shot us for
And the question we have to ask?
Because what they did last time wasnβt enough
And they ainβt gone stop until they see weβve had enough
Evil and hate in this world take us as a joke
When we say turn the other cheek
First ones on the carousel
And as long as we keep riding with them
Like everything is sweet and the truth we canβt see
Weβll always be thrown in the ringer
And theyβll keep swinging and spinning
But what is a world where there is no segregation?
Everybody living freely and not controlled by their ego
Judgement thrown out the window
Free as a bird with no destination but space
People together all the colors of the rainbow
After the nightmares are over, as crazy as it seems
I travel to this place in my dreams
A place of love and compassion
A world that believes in God and the law of attraction
Where we know weβre all created uniquely, but not differently
Hate, greed, and confusion wonβt have the audacity
To make our home itβs playground
We can all walk with each other
And see everything that God made
Is meant to be cherished forever
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