racial tension
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Once upon a time, there was a beautiful black queen,
Genesis, they called her.
She'd been through more trials and tribulations than you've ever seen.
Her innocence, stolen.
A white man, with no decency.
you will survive
emerging into the world like any other baby
small, wrinkly, squinty, and fragile
The opposition comes across the field
In many shapes and sizes
But the difficult part about opposition
To realize is
That a lot of the opposition I cannot see
Is coming to attack from behind me.