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Observations of a Young "Black" Man


Out of kilter with balance 

And ignoramusly challenged

Stands the youth with no education

Caught in the Eagle's talons

Americans losing jobs 

Losing out on the loot

And the AK's are forming with nuclear war killing the troops

Unbeatable I am 

And untamable I will stand

Against ignorance in the body of every African man 

Though you say we're ignorant dogs 

Above all of it we belong

With a greater purpose of living than being bumps on a log.

Why should I sacrifice if I wanted to live a life?

Why should a brother die if he wanted to end his strife?

And why did it appear that we all had been surfaced here to live in equal land with liberty, justice and equal fear?

The "blackest" of every man is what brings the "white" niggas joy

On the back of the "blackest" horse spraying water hose the boys.

Innovations for the people who losing to imitation 

And justice for you too because peace is no longer patience.

Beyond the cover of this is something you'll forever reminisce

It's the angel wing of a boy with the world's inferior tips. 

The ingeniusly brilliant kid on his way to his happiness

Followed by haunting sounds like the crack of the very whip

The new regime is redefined

Where slaves are slowly more confined

The past is in you rear view

The future's present in mine

I'd love to stay and talk

But I'm kindly killing your time

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ANomalousKid
<p>&quot;Black&quot; is a term used for evil.</p><p>&quot;White&quot; is a term used for purity.</p><p>Air quotes suggest the mindset of an early 1900&#39;s caucasian citizen, while being written by a black man such as myself.</p>

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