Our REAL Name

As I Trace my Roots Back In My Head, Many of you assume that they're dead, Not 6-feet under but because I live here in America. See you let this Nation wash you all up, and train you like you're a little pup Telling you that you were declared free when really they still hung you on a tree but I'll say it loud I'm African and I'm Proud, but you look at me dirty like I'm just suppose to fit in the crowd. I am those who have been locked in a Jail cell Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, and Rosa Parks Thinking it's a punishment being locked in the dark Little do they know, the dark is not what we fear but we have to learn how not to degrade each other So WE can unite and SISTERS and as BROTHERS Being call black is a shame African American our real name This is supposedly the land of diversity but really it's no place for me or anyone like me We are the one this government fears, they know we will no longer be hidden behind their shears WE ARE the water that puts out this Fire WE ARE the cure to this cancer WE ARE the sandbags preventing this hurricane WE AFRICAN AMERICAN and THAT'S OUR REAL NAME!