You are free

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Black man you are free,
You are free to be jailed without a judge hearing your plea,
You are free to be killed violently,
You are free not to protest the injustice,
So stop your cries and lies!
Talking 'bout black lives matter
Negro all lives matter!
Or are you more important than me?
Does the color of skin give you privilege to cry race everytime you are confronted?!
Black man you are free,
This is what they told me
What they teach me
What they preach and pound into my mind,
This is what we teach our sons and daughters,
False hope fed to the foolish,
Black man you are free!
Black man you are free to choose,
Do not be fooled,
Black man you are free
To make decisions,
But you are not free to choose
Even when you win, you still lose
Black man you are fr...
The words can not manifest,
Cause this young negro,
This black poet will not digest the lies
Force fed to him,
Freedom is not a stones throw away
Cause like in Egypt,
We are still in bondage to this very day.

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