Okay America let's get in formation
Prove to me that we can change the nation
It ain't no secret
The system is broken
Why are you closing your eyes?
It's time to be woke
This ain't no joke
The truth is we been living over 100 thousand years on false hope
That one day things will change
People will terminate their racist ways
Now let me take you back to the origin days
race was invented in the 18th century to divide us
This division starts at birth Of each child
They are given a label, race which builds a gap in us as a country
the Declaration of Independence says all men are created equal
And
I know I live in the country with the motto let no man put asunder
Below
Down
On the ground
Lost but never found
But america look at us right now
See
My heart is aching because
We keep putting ourselves under
Not helping out the country's where children are suffering from hunger puts us under
Not being honest with one another puts us under
Stealing from one another under puts us under
Stopping the breath coming from another's lungs puts us under
Let me ask you a question: am I your sister? aren't you my brother?
Why are we trying to end on another ?
Don't We all bleed the same blood
Ain't it all the same color
Red
I believe if we all thought this way less of us would end up dead
6 feet under
What was that saying again?
Let no man put
us under
For those of you who think America is so already united
Let me ask you this
If I fell down would you help me or would you walk over me as if I'd didn't exist
Because of some assumption you have because of my "race " my label
The label I was taught to be
The label I was shaped to be
Molded to be
But the label I did not ask for
Come on now we got to put a end to this
Abolish
Terminate
Erase
expunge
eradicate
We must end hate and try love
Yes we
We means more than one
You and me working together to better a nation that is constantly putting itself under because
One man is great but a sea of men are unstoppable
I want to live in a place where you see me suffering and you ask me what's wrong
a place where my voice means something
and I'm not just stuck singing the swans song
I want to live in a place
Where labels do not exist
So America my people I'm asking
you
No scratch that I am begging you can we all come together
Let's us all do what is right
Especially in the court house
We need a place where
A judge will give a fair trial,
it shouldn't matter if you're black or white
So we have to shake this justice system to the core
A system that were barely sure even exists anymore
Because we don't get justice, we get judged
We're living in 2020 still dealing with the racist grudges of the past
How on earth will America last ?
If we fall together but stand apart
We are America , one nation , one heart
Standing apart gets us nowhere
Standing together could move mountains I swear
We must change this drowning nation
Remember we are all equal creations
And get in formation
YOU ARE READING
Reality through my brown eyes
PoetryThis is a collection of 11 poems depicting the black experience in America . We are the only ones who can tell our stories & I'm going to tell our truth .