Relief Not Peace

If I cast the first stone I hope one doesn't hit me back
That's the way we live
That's the time we give
Am I worth it
I know I'm not perfect
Spent a lot of time watching dreams seem so surface
So substantial
So consequential
Can I live or am I trying to live through
See my doubts are far gone
And I quit thinking about my fears
Its my time to be strong
Real men equate to real tears
See my weakness was I couldn't break through
The only difference is there's nothing I can't do
And these witnesses feel like I'm untouchable
The world sees the unblemished
My minds on fire never to be extinguished
The worst they could do was to teach me english
The persecution of a child's heart should make you feel squeamish
Dumb down a nation
Make us all aloof
Upgrade the enemies
Send off more troops
Feed us the lies
Ease us with the pills
Line us all up
We all chase the dollar bills
We'll kill for the right of the 5th
But die at the hands of the 47
While the top 10 hide amidst the thorns leaving us abandoned
Its the nights that are the hottest
During the days we work alone
Brick by brick
Bone for bone
No man's land means no man's throne
Give us free
We need relief
No such thing as peace
There's only trust and belief.

Black Dignified

They say black is the disease 
Black can't see
Black ain't a color 
Black is empty beliefs 
Yea black ain't free
And black ain't cheap
Black can't breathe
Black belongs to me
Watch the losers thrive
Watch the ignorant die
Irrationalities combat the liberalities
When the sun don't shine 
The mediocre crash mid-flight 
And you hear no one cry
Never shown the essentials
Never stopped the insults

Climbing to the top of the world 

Just to satisfy all that's mental

New days but old times

Still the discriminations arise

Equal isn't enough reparation

Behind those closed doors

Faces are constantly reflecting

The embrace of the cold hearts

Stalling the fight of righting all wrongs

The fearful are the illiterate

The fearful will soon forfeit

Happy eyes should never be taken for granted

Tear filled eyes from mother's praying their child makes it

Their happiness lifts them higher than the break in the clouds

Yet chains are made just to bring us back down

Fighting to break the system

Fleeing for the income

Searching for the basics

Cause our basis has never been much

Factual illusions

Inflect the restitution

Oppression brings the nooses 

Progression changes our nuisance

The hunger keeps the heart alive

The hunger keeps the raisins dry

We can't be satisfied

We must be ratified

From the day we're born
Until the day we die
Black will always be dignified. 

Tomorrow, Today

If I write about love

If I write about God

If I write my truths

If i write my lies

If I right my life would it end tonight

If I write about the light, will the sun not shine

If I write about hope will the believers cease

If I write about troubles will the preachers, preach

Will the teachers still teacher

Will slaves still be beat

Will the drums cry out

Will history still shout

Or will they still cover up the wrongs

Or not reveal the psalms

Reading blank palms

Creating new wrongs

See the scars are still scarred

And the faith carries on

And redemption forgives the hearts

For the work is always hard

For the ignorance presses on

These days are faded until they're gone

New dreams will spawn

Quill and ink still respond

What's destined will march on

All before tomorrow begins to yawn.