Because of you

Because of you 

I have a future to behold

Youve made me believe in who I am

I am now bold

What would I do without you here

Probably be scared and have alot of fear

Because of you

I'm not lost in finding who I wanna be vs who I should be

Because you saw the good in me

You never gave up hope to see me rise one day

Rise and speak up and say

I am somebody

Im not a nobody

Because of you

I can finally breathe 

Have some sense of relieve

Open up my heart and mind to see

How without you I would be so naive

Because of you

I can finally be free

Who feels me up to be 

A person who's not afraid of being themself

And feeling free of negativity

So I can get back on the righ road of my creativity

You are the light to my darkness

You are the heart to my beat 

Now truly I feel complete

Because of you

So thank you activist that fought for us to be free 

Free from oppression free from such cruelty that prevented me from being me

Because I was scared to even walk down the street to school because of my skin color being black

Knowing that they would probably check my backpack 

For weapons thinking just because I’m black I want violence or a fight

Thats not the case so please don’t judge me or refer to me as “that black person or that nigger”

Like I’m armed and I’m about to pull the trigger

what gun do I have the only weapon I have is my voice which I intend to you to say

Im here because of people like Rosa parks and Martin Luther king who fought so we can have our way 

So I say thank you to them and to the people that are allies that don’t want to see us dead or in jail too

This would have never happened without powerful words and determination 

Because of you