Just DO It

Dear God, Is it time for us to live? And break those shackles that bound our hands and ankles? Trying to escape, danger lurking around every angle Whip marks on our backs, blood leaking from the wounds White man lashing us ‘til we unwillingly succumb It cannot be helped that we have colored skin Why be chastised for what the mighty Lord has birthed us in? It‘s not fair we be punished by the hand of Sin But when …? Will the people put an end this unending sequel? We were promised that all in the States were created equal Yet even the words of the Constitution brought forth no solution For the wrath of segregation and violence had our throats by the hand Choking slowly though poisonous as if it were pollution Let all the nation come together and united we shall stand Let the troubles be liberated and wails of suffering heard Let the ancestors’ stories soar sky high by the birds We can achieve if only we would believe And I believe it is possible to manifest the Dreamer’s Dream Dr. King talked about racial equality Now look at President Obama and First Lady We are told to be the change we want to see Inside us all there is a hidden legacy And it’s ready to be born and unravel our identities… Ah, God see no black, white, Hispanic, or Asian He sees the love of Himself in which we were created in We must let go of the ignorance that hinders the human kind And we must forgive past mistakes that are engraved in our minds Hope peace, love, and happiness is with us for all time And that one day we will accede to assemble with grace in Zion.