Have You Ever?

Have you ever been sprayed? Sprayed with iniquity Sprayed with hatred Sprayed with your identity Sprayed with a hose Because of the color of your skin Have you ever been bit? Bit by words Bit by inequality Bit by circumstances Bit by negativity Bit by a dog Because of the pigmentation of your skin Well, they did! Victimized to by white man Who put their dignity in a can Threw it away And said they had to pay For being black So they swept the sweat off their back s To make a little change And hoped for change But there were seeders People who planted the seeds of liberty So that they could escape the garden of iniquity So they stood proud Of who they they they were Of who they they were Of who they were Have you ever been to school? The school of opportunity The school of intricacy The school of success The school of a better life The school for education Because you are American Have you ever been confident? Confident of your identity Confident of your heritage Confident of your race Confident of your ethnicity Confident in whom you are Because you are you