Without Them Where Would I Be?

By: Jerren Jones I have a dream that blacks and whites can swim and sail together I have a dream that blacks and whites can go to jail together Blacks and whites will all have the same label Blacks and whites can all eat at the same table Black boys and white girls can hold hands and sing These were the dreams of Martin Luther King I’m like Martin Luther King, but I’m violent I’ll maul you like a bear, but I’m silent People want to be treated equal, but they are too peaceful I don’t let my guard down because they are deceitful As long as I am breathing I’m like a T-Rex I won’t stop until I drop because I’m Malcolm X I will not leave my seat and move to the back I will not be treated differently because I’m black I’m not disturbing anybody, I’m not fighin’ or cursin’ All I want to do is make you see that I’m a person I’m not dangerous like a snake, or vicious like a shark But I will fight for my rights because I am Rosa Parks If you look past the color of my skin, I'm rather intelligent But in the eyes of the white man, that’s rather irrelevant I’m just another blackie with a monkey brain and hair that’s nappy Until we are treated equal, I will not be happy My intelligence and my pride is what keeps my head up high My brain is causing ruckus because I am Fredrick Douglass