A brilliant mind 

Undefined 

By works of those who captivate the mind

Devine and true 

A black mind that is capable

 of more than a just thing or two

We sit right in front of you 

Still, we are ignored 

Gunned down 

Treated like the scum of town. 

It wasn’t a mere thought that started this feeling 

This yearning to grow, 

Enforcing this knowledge I know 

An intolerance to the act

You think I’m stupid enough to not fight back

Because what you see isn’t what you get,

The privilege the wealthy 

 Are the ones who

 hate what they don’t have

That laugh when we don’t pass

Because they set the bar so high 

They scoff when we manage to reach the sky

A double standard that is whats true 

What’s fun for me is fear to you

Taken by the dozen

Our cries cast away 

I live and breathe 

While they hate me 

Feeling trapped other than free

In a country where this isn’t supposed to be

For the streets are blurred 

The skies have no end

Falling into a world full of violent sin

I am left as a victim 

The same story retold so many different times 

You lost sight of what was true 

When color meant more to me and less

to you

We are black and we are beautiful 

Made in his image

A past unforgiven

We were forced to swallow 

The hate you gave 

So now we give it back in a more respectable way.  

We are people

We will be equal

We are the ones that will make a new sequel 

Start a new time

Bring a new light.

simple crimes

In our desperate times

You will fall

But we will rise

The power that we hold true

Is destined for greatness 

In pure burning excellence 

That radiates across oceans

That plunges it’s way through time 

A passion so great

We will be impossible to hate.