Can I Live

The World 

Making excuses for inherent bias 

Unless we are killing and shooting 

No one notices the youth 

Damn shame 

Brains have to be blown by bullets instead of knowledge 

Can we finally acknowledge that it exists? 

Understanding that racism isn’t just a word to be thrown around recklessly 

Further helping the masses turn a blind eye to injustice 

Can I Live 

Can I see tomorrow's glory 

Can I see the twinkle of life that fills my daughters’ eyes? 

You’ll never see it through my eyes 

Hearing the screams of generations 

The toil of the workers hands building his masters lands 

Only to be told you count for naught 

To forget about generations of atrocities too inhuman to ever believe 

To get over the blood, sweat and tears over my ancestors years 

No 

We will not falter 

Being black is not a curse on American lands 

We built it with our bare hands 

We shall see justice 

We will receive equality 

Because to not want more than nothing 

Is to be a slave brainwashed to think that way 

  

  

Tony L. Jefferson, Jr. 2015