Being black in America
has become such a sin.
We want racism to end,
but how did it begin?
When they chained us together
and threw us on a ship.
Make one wrong move
and we got the whip.
White people were on top
while we were down below.
We had no rights
all thanks to Jim Crow.
They raped us,
and they beat us.
To the point where we died
and were left in the dust.
Even though we built this country,
they treat us like crap.
If they killed us today,
on the wrist they’d get a slap.
But, why?
They say “all lives matter,”
but that shit’s a lie.
If all lives matter,
why do black lives always die?
Truth is,
we need change.
We need to alter the way
the system is arranged.
If not for ourselves,
then for our kids.
We need to fix the melting pot
with more than a lid.
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