NORTH STAR

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How much is a nigga actually worth?
Barcodes embellish our foreheads since birth.
Our heft of gold and diamonds
Tamed by bronze shillings and iron shackles,
Banishing us to the dominion of the bourgeoisie.

Our blood, sweat and tears
Seap through the bowels through the underworld,
Embossing dirt with the gold standard.
White men marvel why our ore shimmers so.
Even through the lacerating lashes,
Our mystique refracts just the same.
Authenticity over augmentation I hold true.

The graves of genocide grunt and grumble,
For the chosen ones are anointed.
You see it in the eyes of those you bind.
It gives you sleepless nights.
The cries of yin howl
Making hairs stand on end
For it's coming, like it did before.
Twinkle Twinkle, my North Star.

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