I Matter

I Matter

You treat me as though I’m nothing like I’m here just solely for your appeasement

You characterize me as ratchet and ghetto like only Kool aid and chicken can please me

They shoot me down in the street and leave my body there to rot

Where’s the justice that should be the least thing I got

Social media has bashed me

It has made my culture embarrassing blasphemy

From Scotts borough to Trayvon we have been silenced 

I fought for a long time never wanted violence

If you liked me as much as you liked my culture we would have a peaceful society

You’re so blinded by my skin you can’t even see my propriety 

Because of the way I talk and look I’m degraded by my own brother

I wear my black student union shirt and get scoffs from one another 

The Light skin dark skin division will be the death of our unity

Our entitlement has made us not even be able to smile at one another in our community

I will always be looking for the light at the end of the tunnel

Harriet Tubman came back for me and walked through the woods no shoes “the struggle”

Garrett Morgan the inventor of the gas mask

Didn’t even know 100 years later I would use it to walk the streets to fight racial backlash

But this culture will only make me stronger 

Your words WILL NEVER make me give up

We as a unit are not fickle but tough

We went from royalty to being beaten and tattered 

Understand and listen when I say black lives matter