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Black History


What is diversity? one asked What makes the world a better place? What makes a culture believe? That they can succeed without a race What makes us superior to one? Or instead inferior to none Are we afraid to change and grow? Or do we sustain in a way to know to stand together as a whole To fall together as a nation to believe that our minds can control Creating a new generation We might be free and prejudged But yet we don’t apply Ourselves with the rite knowledge Or best of all even try Our ancestors has paved the way But yet we turn the other cheek And the nonsense that we strive to meet Has not been easy to seek Where are we bound to be In the future? What are our goals and obstacles? Why do we believe that certain tasks are sometimes impossible? Impossible to complete but should be impossible to fail Why are we afraid to do well between heaven and hell? Empowerment is the key but wisdom is the way Faith is what keeps us going at the end of the day? But our hearts are covered and our minds are not open If we don’t keep hoping then our future will be broken We never had it to loose but some how gained & abused And still our generation today is some what confused We are the future of our time We are the writers of our lines We are the leaders of the world We do control what’s in our minds If it wasn’t for those who made a speech To teach the goals that we have reached Then I don’t believe still to this day That there would be a black history
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