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It


What is it?

It can be anyone

It can be anything

It can be everyone

It can be everything

It can be what it isn't

It can be what it won't

It can be what it wouldn't

It can be what it shouldn't

But it will always be what it is.

What is it to you and me?

It can be different from you to me

It has to be different from you to me

Becuase you are not me

And even if you were me

Which you could not be

My it would be different from your it see,

Becuase, regardless, we all see things differently

And we haven't been so tolerant recently

Quite a big shame in our reality,

That we can't appreciate the history:

Of our black roots crossing the Atlantic Sea

Into the chains and restrictions of mass slavery

Degradation physically, emotionally, and spiritually

Which leads to racism and bigotry

And hatred of our culture and ancestry

And not so hidden thoughts of white supremacy 

And this lack of compassion and sympathy

Result in these overlooked fatalities 

That I can guarantee

Plague the minority family,

stereotypically

And if you understand that these events don't happen accidentally

Disadvantaging minorities socially and economically

You would understand why it is different from you to me 

 

 

 

 

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