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Blood. Sweat. TEARS. Tears for being TAKEN STOLEN from Home Happiness Family. Tears for being stripped of power but not pride Pride in our ethic Strength Cunning Willingness To survive. To never be beaten By the man that says we are beasts. But we are not The ones raveging Killing, stealing from others. We fight Hundreds of years later we are still FIGHTING We are EQUAL STRONG INTELLIGENT. We demand, deserve our rights. We are people not second class No we are citizens Of a land we did not ask to be brought to But now that we are here, we are here to stay. To have our voices be heard . We are now land owners We OWN property We are not property We shall dream no longer but have our reality We are civil. And we are right. We demand justice. For us. For those who were taken, Hundreds of years ago and broght to this new HOME
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