I Don't Believe, Do You?

I don't believe in this country

I believe in it's people

I believe in the people who struggle and work hard to get where they need to go

 

I believe in the people who speak up against injustice

 

I don't believe in war

I believe that it is just a way for men and women to torture innocent people of another country

I believe in my interpretations of the laws made by congress

But not their intentions

A country that feeds us so many lies to give us impressions of the white man that are Not necessarily true

The belief that we all had that this "Honest Abe" spoke warm truth of equality

But a racist and cold honesty

 

I believe in the good and the bad of all people no matter their race

Ethnicity

What has this world become?

Are things better now ?

 

I believe that we are all a family.

A family that dislikes their brothers and sisters

And for what?

Their skin color or religious beliefs.

What has happened to this family over the years ?

Why have we raged war with one another!

Why have we raped one another?

Why are we killing innocent boys who wear hoodies?

Why are our rights being argued and decided by people who know nothing of our circumstance?

 

Like I said I believe in people who know the struggle

Who are the struggle

And try their hardest to beat that struggle

 

I believe women should have a say in whether they want an abortion

Whether it's in the first 3 months,

5 months

Or 7 months

Who are the states filled with men

White men !

Decide the fate of our bodies and children.

I don't believe in that shit

Nor do I believe that police officers have the right to abuse their authority

Putting their hands in places they shouldn't , this so called search and seizure

I know my rights

That's four

But that don't have nothing to do with you frisking me

 

I believe that this family needs to get their act together.  

Because just like my words and ideas

I                 t   ' s          ALL   OvEr   the      P    L  AC  e  

Floating in empty space

Waiting to be picked by the people who are willing to address these issues

These struggles

These circumstances

 

I believe in a fair fight

And I don't believe over the years the majority of our family has been given a fair fight.

Or Trayvon Martin

Emmett Till

Martin Luther King

Malcolm X

And so many others would still be alive

 

As I look around on the train the faces change, the skin colors change and I think to Myself

Things might be getting a little better

But lets spread the diversity and let it be known that anyone can come to this country Because no matter what you are you will be accepted in this land of the

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