Slavery
Back in history When blacks had the life as slaves
No voice
As if they were property
When slave owners had the right to treat us any old kind of way and we couldn’t do jack about it because we were there property
we were all known as the hard working negros with no self-quality
as life went past
as we got older
with those who claimed justice to make a change going forward
Now were in the present times
Where a black man can’t walk with a hood Without being accused of doing nothing good
Where some white cops beat on the blacks
And when they say they can’t breathe
And the cops don’t stop
until the man takes his final rest
Or how society allows you to think only negros can be hood
So, when a white man is hood they say there trying to act black
Or how A black person can be rolling up a blunt
a white cop sees
and they go to jail longer then a month
but when the white neighbor next door
is actually smoking it and
they get off on a technicality
granted we have many accomplishes
from then and now
but the odds still lie
if there was war would we fall and be left to cry
or would it be vice versa or even a tie
so, think about what we can change today
because it’s not promised tomorrow
will you be left with the guilt and sorrow?
choose wisely and overcome your fears
make amends with the sins that you hold near
and remember the struggles people may or may not go through
because life is not promised to all of you.
by; Tatiare long
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