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Race Does Not EXIST!


Race does not exist O really than explain slavery The chains that tore so many cultures apart to put them together Flocked like feathers Removed our shine..turning us into hidden treasures Discrimination with no measure Whites and colored only signs Did u really want us to forget the bus we once upon a time sat behind The ropes you used to whip us that only made us stronger with time U can sing here but leave that upitty negro spirit behind Explain the minstrel shows and performing arts Charcoal on our face because u didn't see any different  shade but dark How could a man with no color play one with some part Theatre this where yall gave us our start Explain the cocaine that was only put in certain neighborhoods as a trap My brothers and sisters tip toeing around fast money falling into the systems trap The guns that were brought in to teach us this is what it looks like to be strapped What about the poverty that we have to face Some people aren't good enough to live in that place Have you ever stood in ruby bridges space The bus to the suburbs you gotta chase Because that type of education don't exist in my hood Explain the cops that throw one stereotype on us because the beauty that is miss understood Explain malcolm x and martin luther king assassination I would love to hear that explanation Can you even define segregation or did you skip right to the part of integration My poor little nation Seeing us weak gives someone else sensation Explain the statistical practice of prison Or the systems measurements in sentence For the same crime, why only one group doesn't need an witness Mind ya business no that is muthufucka this is my business Why is it one group of people do less time or none at all huh Explain the word thugs I guess this is the part where u shrug Because we show know who they are Then explain to me what color  these mass murderers are Explain to me the word nigger and coon Don't remember that tune 3am now Ill give you until noon Then ill resume and see if you have an answer for a question you are not use to Explain oppression Explain the central park 5 confession Was ol girl really trying to teach those babies a lesson Our words have always been their strongest weapon Because we are taught to be quiet Punishment for doing anything other than silence Encouraged to take place in violence Stripping us from the history of our migrants Our language, our dance, our melody, our religion was taken but you don't care I wasn't on that boat 1617 jamestown virgina but I'm right here You used the word race against me and now you want the word to disappear So I can act like racism isn't over me like chandeliers Excuses my tears But i can only imagine what my people fought for all those years I feel sorry for 98 percent of my peers Because society has blurred our vision to where we will never have the chance to see things this clear Clear as in the clear they want me to see the word race Did every group of people get the word nigger thrown in their face Im guessing the word RACISM doesn't exist in this state Before I learned my history I felt the same as you But now that I have I'm just saying they want us to not see race to erase the history that is hidden from me and you!!!
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