Crying Hope
My tears run dry
As I look over the valley of hope
All I see is Death & Misery
With bullets flying by
The sound of unheard cries
The injustice in a justified nation
Mother's are crying because their sons and daughters are dying
The sky is like a barrier to be never broken
When I turn on the TV
All I see is another life being taken away
But how is that?
We live in the 21st Century
In a land full of diversity
And people are still hating on us?
And see us as a threat?
They know our true potential
The awakening of the conscious black folk
But still the shackles are tight
Not on our wrist but in our minds
And with us being slaves of the mind, we blindly look upon what we could become
Not " thugs " or " gangsters " but queens and kinds of a forgotten land
Our melanin glows like a ring of fire
And no matter how many bullets kill us
Our faith will never die
And will always survive us
Like a bird flying high up in beautiful pink sky