Civil Rights... What is it?

Civil rights... Civil rights? Civil rights, what is this? When people say civil rights Do they know what it means? Do they know-it's the fight, strife, sacrifice For Equality? Ask the people they say: Martin Luther King Ask the people they say: It's that movement Thing But don't be blinded by the ignorance of people... Civil rights comes during different eras and sequels Every color has a movement Every person has a speech There are people all over There is freedom to reach There are bad things happening And corruption to be breached Every person has a story That if told could teach... Susan b Anthony Stokely Carmichael, Myles Horton Ida b well... Elizabeth Peratrovich, Harvey milk and Caesar Chavez... Just a few individuals You probably didn't know Helped life go, in the way it should go No aberration from their paths No backing down from adversities Speaking up, acting out To help people in need When asked what does civil rights mean.... I tell people this, and then Ask them something When wrongdoing is getting done, What would you do- What could you do- To stop what has come? And if you took even a single second for this... You just might be the next civil activist.