By: Cedric McClester

They killed John
and Bobby Kennedy too
And Dr, Martin Luther
Whom we all knew
And not to make it
Too complex
They killed Medgar Evers
And Malcom X

****** has been
The history
Of this country
And it’s plain to see
It’s no riddle
Or mystery
Why we have funerals
Consistently

So let’s not forget
Those frontier years
Remember Custer
And the Trail of Tears
The Ku Klux ****
Terrorizing our fears
With savage lynchings
And the crowd’s cheers

Eric Gardner and
George Floyd
Might have you thinkin’
I’m paranoid
But there were 70 others
Which makes that
Null and void
So to analyse it
Would take Sigmund Freud











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By: Cedric McClester

If you wanna believe their *******
Go ahead and believe
But you’ll have to forgive me
If I call you naive
From day one
They’ve practiced to deceive
Now the economy’s in the toilet
So what else have they achieved?

There’s a worldwide pandemic
In which they were slow to respond
Now the number of American dead
Are far and beyond
The numbers we’ve lost
In all of our wars
And they’re rushing to open back up
While there’s still **** on their drawers

Russia and North Korea takes
Advantage of us everyday
But we don’t let that
Get in our way
From forging a friendship
That’s is to say
When you look at it closely
Is only one way

China is vilified by word of mouth
Then they cut fantastic deals with ‘em
While sitting on a couch
When you look at it
It’s enough
To make us say ouch!
But you’ve got to give it to him
Xi Jinping is no slouch










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By: Cedric McClester

Since 1619,
American slavery’s first day
******* conspicuously
Has been on display
So what was that old fool
Attempting to say
That had the President
Tweeting away

If they have power
No need to tell us
We’re the people
Who in God
Place their trust
And pledge allegiance
To a nation
That doesn’t represent us

Their power doesn't
Need to be reinforced
Nor through crude slogans
Have to be endorsed
Or in the case of white supremacists
Awkwardly outsourced
It’s something for which
They’ve never shown remorse

We witness *******
In how we’re policed
And in the court houses
To say the very least
We never get the benefit
Of the doubt
And that’s something long ago
That we’ve figured out!







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By: Cedric McClester

According to Donald J Trump,
No one briefed him,
On the latest Russian outrage
But now that he’s aware of it
Is he gonna turn the page?
Or simply sit back and play
The role of the wise sage
It’s anybody’s guess ya see, it’s hard to say

The Russians can do
As they **** well please
As long as the President
Stays on his knees
And carries on like
Putin’s main squeeze
******* his **** and
Shooting the breeze

Things have really gotten
Out of hand
When Donald Trump
Is Putin’s biggest fan
There’s no greater groupy
In this land
And Trump’s already
Joined Putin’s band

The Russians have placed
A contract
On American soldiers
And that’s a fact
They’re being picked off
By the Taliban
So what else  does he
Half to understand?











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By; Cedric McClester

I’m putting Donald Trump on notice,
Before I digress
I’m coming to Washington very soon
To make a citizen’s arrest
He’s guilty of dereliction of duty
Of which he’ll never confess
But that doesn’t make him
Any less guilty nevertheless

I’m putting Donald Trump on notice
Though he can just pretend
That his reign of terror
Isn’t coming to an end
Before  the next election
See it’s about to begin
So he needs to pack his bags
Along with his mandolin

I’m putting Donald Trump on notice
Before the generals pull a coup
Every day it become clearer
That’s something they might do
And bring his love affair with Putin
To the conclusion we all knew
It’s just a matter oft time
I’m telling you, before he’s through

I’m putting Donald Trump on notice
These are the end of days
For his kind of corruption
As well as his errant ways
It cannot last forever
Cuz everybody pays
For the things they do
I swear you’d be amazed







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By: Cedric McClester

Welfare for the rich
Gives little to the poor
See we cannot afford
That kind of tax cut anymore
In the midst of the pandemic
Unemployment’s high
And stimulus checks alone
Won’t serve to get us by

What is sorely missing is
Leadership from the top
Instead of focusing on our problems
He wants to be a cop
While the Kremlin's offers bounties
To **** our soldiers in Afghanistan
Putin gets away with it
Because he knows he can

The President is a useful idiot
In the eyes of other world leaders
As well as assorted miscreants
And other bottom feeders
His very first duty should be
The protection of the American people
But that’s the last thing that we see
And his lack of action is lethal

Millions of us have underlying
Medical conditions
And we’re about to lose our coverage
According to the President’s ambitions
He’s in the Supreme Court now
Tryna  **** the Affordable Care Act
Millions have to figure somehow
How they’re gonna react














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By: Cedric McClester

He’s staying in Washington,
To protect the monuments,
Instead of going golfing,
Guess that makes sense?
He’s protecting seditious traitors,
By going to great lengths
That’s him and his partner
Vice President Pence

He was born in
Queens, New York
Not the Antebellum South
So the words of ignorance
That comes out of his mouth
At times are surprising
Because it’s akin
To a drouth

He’s impressed by generals
And dictators alike
He ignores them when
They make the first strike
Like Vladmir Putin in Afghanistan
Who’s placed a bounty
On the American soldiers he can
President Trump is a chump and a fan

Trump’s from the Northern side
Of the Mason/Dixon Line
But to that salient fact
He seems to be blind
He thinks Southern history is glorious
Cuz  he’s out of his mind
And no student of our past
You’ll also find





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By: Cedric McClester

He’s got me at the point
Of rediscovering,
Did the Lone Ranger wear a mask,
Or a face covering?
This mystery has become
So very puzzling
We can’t ask Dr. Birks
Who he’s been muzzling

The Covid Task Force
Is a rarity
Those cast of characters
We rarely get to see
They’re being advised
Just to let it be
The country has to open
Don’t cha see

Let  November’s election
Just begin
As they choose to
Throw caution to the wind
To their base
They haven’t been a friend
As they play a game
Of let’s pretend

The economy has
Taken a big hit
Which he refuses
To simply admit
It’s not coming back
Just by him showing grit
Now that the torch
Of the pandemic has been lit





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By: Cedric McClester

They are acting as if
We’re none the wise
That they’re killing us softly
With their lilies
While looking us
Straight In our eyes
And ignoring all
Of our furtive cries

The numbers are
Going up everyday
While they’re telling us
Everything’s okay
The Coronavirus
Will not stay
Although they cannot
Wish it away

They’re opening states
Up much too fast
As if the virus is
In our past
In essence they’re
Telling us to kiss their ***
As we find ourselves saying
Another funeral mass

A millionaire’s charm
He seems to be oozing
While all the while
Still refusing
To acknowledge
He’s heading for
A bruising
Yet there’s nothing that he hates
Worst than losing







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By: Cedric McClester

In the President’s circle,
It makes perfect  sense,
To trot out that liar,
Vice  President Pence
Although it will all
Come out in the rinse
And we are no longer
Being kept in suspense

The President’s absence
Was conspicuous
He used the Vice President
To inspire our trust
Despite the rosy picture
It was a big bust
Because the reality
Is no secret to us

If we listen to him,
“We’re in a much better place!”
Though he still refuses
To wear a mask on his face
And he won’t say the word,
In any case
Though we know he’s playing
Just to their base

The numbers are going
Right through the roof
In various places
If you need the proof
And they don’t get better
By being aloof
We opened too early
And that’s where we goofed







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By: Cedric McClester

Good afternoon
Officer Cop,
Will this be a routine
Or a deadly stop?
Sorry my license
Inadvertently dropped
But there’s no need
For your gun to be cocked

I’ve had the talk,
So I’m not resisting
Though how come you
Seem to be insisting?
I’m being belligerent
As my arm is twisting
No need for your partner
To be assisting

I’m out of my car
Lying on the ground
Now that I’ve been tazed
See, I know the sound
But there’s no need
To fire a round
Or to use judgement
That proves unsound

How many times
Must I say, “I can’t breathe!”
Before I’m gonna
Just be believed
I’m not suggesting
That you be naive
But what are you actually
Tryha achieve?












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By:: Cedric McClester

From slavery time
Through  blacks who got lynched
The putridness of racism
Has carried a stench
Straight to the injustice
We receive from the bench
Which has been like
A lead pipe cinch

I don’t know what
It’s gonna take
For a black man or woman
To catch a break
Although it’s overdue
For heaven’s sake
It’s time we got
From under the rake

Now that the protests
Have gone ballistic
And there’s reason for us
To be optimistic
We’re tired of being
Just another statistic
So hope finally seems
To be realistic

These appear to be
Changing times
We see all around us
The  paradigms
Cops now are accountable
For their many crimes
Smart phones are everywhere
Steadily dropping dimes









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By: Cedric McClester

Although our leader
Has lots of swerve
We get the Covert
That we deserve
Cuz swerve alone
Won’t reduce the curve
And to do nothing
Takes lots of nerve

Although he has
A lot of swag
And tends to mislead
When he brags
Having a mask
Is just for ****!
Perhaps that explains
So many body bags

Although it gives him
A small *******
To think about
The next election
Unless he makes
A big correction
He won’t be
The voter’s selection

Although he seems
Years behind
Our current thinking
And frame of mind
To such a degree
As to be blind
See literally speaking
I’m being kind









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By: Cedric McClester

Don’t let him whisper
In your ear
That this virus
Will just disappear
Or that a cure
Is very near
In a word
He’s insincere

Don’t allow him
To make believe
That there’s some magic
Up his sleeve
That only he
Can retrieve
If the data
Is to be believed

In invincibility
He’d like to bask
So he refuses
To wear a mask
And now the dye
Has been cast
It’s become clear
He’s not up to the task

Obviously he’s
On a trip
While his poll numbers
Continue to slip
Like a captain of
A sinking ship
Too bad he hasn’t
Got a grip











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By: Cedric McClester

Even though Gone With The Wind
Has been taken off  HBO cable
He’s always been ready
Willing and able
To have a few ******
Sit at his table
Playing Hattie McDaniells
To  his Clark Gable

Though there are no
Ifs, buts or maybes
They don’t know nuthin’
‘Bout birthin no  babies
No more than a family dog
Getting rabies
Or their proud history
Along the Euphrates

They sing his praises
Like a shepherd's lamb
But frankly my dear
He don’t give a ****
The whole thing is nothing
More than a scam
Cuz after the photo op
They’re told to scram

There have always been
Those who love being used
In order to say things
That other refuse
But that probably isn’t
Any new news
Some will do anything
Just to shmooze






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By: Cedric McClester

This isn’t a moment,
It’s a movement
Towards our mutual
Self-improvement
George Floyd was the catalyst
For us getting into this
Though we would surely be remiss
If we failed to insist

That justice be
The end result
For all of us
Without a doubt
As we demonstrate
And shout
That’s what it’s
All about

Equal justice
Under the law
Is what we
Never had before
We want it now
And ever more
Which is at
The Constitution’s core

We want  law enforcement
That we deserve
The kind that exists
To protect and serve
Not the kind we
Frequently observe
That weilds their power
To unnerve














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By: Cedric McClester

Those redneck crackers
Chose to spill
The innocent blood
Of young Emmett Til
An image that
Stays with me still
And I believe
It always will

Imagine that
You were the mother
Of ten year old
Clifford Glover
Only to wake up
To discover
That he was dead
Somehow or other

The cops said
He was running and
They mistook him
For a grown man
Caught with
Nothing In his hand
She was asked
To just understand

There are others
Too numerous to name
Who might never
Achieve the same fame
Of those above
Whom I have claimed
But they’re as noteworthy
Just the same








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By: Cedric McClester

11 days and counting
Over the death of George Floyd
Our numbers keep on mounting
We’re not just paranoid
Nor are we still the people
That you’d rather avoid
Who never had the privilege
That you’ve always enjoyed

11 days and counting
And we still demonstrate
That love is the only answer
For us to conquer hate
When  have you ever seen
So many participate
Or say that black lives matter
As part of the debate

11  days and counting
And no end is in sight
Despite Coronavirus
Which we still have to fight
We meet during the day
And march through the night
Because of our commitment
To try to make things right

11 days and counting
It’s long been overdue
That we rid ourselves of racism
That we always knew
To marshal in equality
Which I know we can do
If we finally come together
And live our lives a new







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By: Cedric McClester

Did you hear what
Your ignorant president said?
“It is a great day for George Flyod,”
Although he is dead.
And the National Guard
Should let lose their lead
On peaceful demonstrators
Even after they’ve fled

Only the Donald
Would have the nerve
To invoke a black martyr
In order to serve
As a cheap talking point
Because of the curve
In the jobless rate
Like it was an hors d'oeuvre

The man has no conscience
As we can well see,
Because if he did
He’d let well enough be
But he believes everything
Is about He
Cuz anyone else
He’s too blnd to see

I don’t know why I’m
Even amazed
A bout anything he says
Now-a-days
He’ll never correct
His errant ways
He believes in hutzpah
Because hutzpah pays







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By: Cedric McClester

If you’re gonna hold up the Bible,
Hold it up right,
Instead of upside down
And backwards,
To the devil’s delight
Which is an act
That’s only pleasing
In his crooked sight

If you’re gonna hold up the Bible
That you need to read
For some sound guidance
That you ought to heed
Because now is the time
To follow its lead
In order that
Your soul might be freed

If you’re gonna hold the Bible
You oughta stop
It was written to be
A photo op
So posing with one
Is over the top
And you can’t clean that up
With a wet mop

If you’re gonna hold the Bible
And not bother to search
While standing in front of
A storied church
You might wanna go in
To find yourself a perch
Instead of staying outside
As if in a lurch













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By: Cedric McClester

The Republican Party
In the era of Trump,
Has become quite comfortable
Playing the chump
To someone they should have told
To kiss their ****,
Instead they’re asking
How high should they jump?

The Republicn Party
In the era of Trump
Are afraid, that he’ll go against them
On the campaign stump
They’re frightened their poll numbers
Won’t get a bump
Unless they ride the freight train
That’s called Donald Trump

The Republican Party
Is about to disintegrate
Because of the things
They’re afraid to debate
They’ve become synonymous
With the word hate
So they’re about to crumble
Underneath the weight

The Republican Party
Is a distant memory
Of the kind of party
That they used to be
Completely losing
Their identity
By riding the Trump ship
In a troubled sea






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By: Cedric McClester

The president has exceeded
Decorum by far
American cities aren’t the
Province of Anbar
If he brings in the troops
We’ll all bare the scar
Of a president who took
His power too far

The president doesn’t know
Where to draw the line,
Despite the roadblocks
He’s likely to find
He bulldozes ahead
As if he is blind
But if he keeps it up
He’ll die on a vine

The president is obviously
Tone deaf
Our nation’s in morning
And we are bereft
He pushes the limits
Until nothing’s left
Other than a stroke
Or maybe his death

The president hasn’t read
The Bible or Constitution
And he’s rolled back the laws
Against air pollution
As if climate change
Is some kind of solution
But everything he does
Is lilliputian

















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By: Cedric McClester

Has the thought,
Ever dawned?
He’s been widely rebuked,
And universally scorned
Not to mention the fact
He’s been consistently warned
About the vestiges of power
Which will soon be gone

Has he given even
One second thought
About the things
That his actions have wrought
Or the relief for which
We’ve all sought
I hope these warnings
Won’t be for naught

Has he taken the time
To reflect?
Or does he lack
The raw intellect?
To do more than
Say, “Hey what the heck?”
Without learning how to keep
His ego in check

Has he realized
He isn’t so clever,
That he can defy death?
And live forever
Or, have no regrets,
Not now or ever
Before the Good Lord
Pulls down the lever























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By: Cedric McClester

Please don’t take this
Outta context
But a coup might
Very well be next
Why it hasn’t happen already
Has me perplexed
It’s long overdue
That we cleared the decks

Why the Joint Chief of Staff
Haven’t risen up
To stop this president
Who has run amuck
And shown the whole world
He doesn’t give a ****
Is a mystery to me
Perhaps it’s dumb luck

In a sense, we the people
Have miserably failed
Trump should have long ago
Been derailed
If he wasn’t president
He would have been jailed
Or at the very least
As Commander and Chief
He’s obviously failed

He’s the only president
Who’s tried to divide
The American people
To whom he has lied
But sooner or later
Karma will be applied
And his second term
Will be marked Denied!










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By: Cedric McClester

Mad Dog Mattis must have
Caught distemper
He bit Donald Trump
Who began to whimper,
“The Mad Dog isn’t **** anyway,”
But that wasn’t what he was saying
Just the other day
When Mad Dog was thought to be  a-okay

Mad Dog Mattis Called
The Donald a bean sprout
For threatening American citizens
With going the military route
And taking a photo op
After prancing about
While the peaceful demonstrators
Washed the teargas out

Mad Dog Mattis called Trump
A clear and present danger
To all America stands for
And what’s even stranger
Trump held the Bible up as some kind of  prop,
Upside down and backwards
Cuz he don’t know when to stop
If you’re out there listening, please call a cop!

Mad Dog Mattis had to hold
His peace,
When he worked for Donald
To say the very least
But now he’s free
To unleash his savage beast
And let us know how he feels
When his anger is released.









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By: Cedric McClester

Instead of standing in front of a church
With a Bible in his hand
For a photo opportunity
He needs to understand
What’s inside the Bible
Providing that he can
Instead of proving cover
For the Ku klux ****

Instead of going to the shrine
Of Pope John Paul Two
A giant of a man
That you hardly knew
You see the things he stood for
You haven’t got a clue
Or you wouldn’t do
The things that you do

Instead of trying to play the role
Of some kind of dictator
By trying to take control
Of the peaceful demonstrator
Why not promote love?
But, you prefer to be a hater
Throwing  verbal bombs
Separating like a crater

Instead of doing your very best
To sow seeds of discord
So the members of your base
Feel free to jump aboard
Why  not promote a sense
Of common unity
Instead of being on the fence
Whether what I’m saying
To you, makes any sense



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By: Cedric McClester

Come on man admit,
You never gave a ****,
Or care one little bit
Because you’re counterfeit
You may have made the call
Just to say you did, that’s all
But that gesture was so small
As to not have happened at all

You’re bragging on your blog
You gutless demagogue
Where was the dialogue?
See you didn’t do it whole hog
The call you made was forced
You don’t have any remorse
From the issue you remain divorced
But I guess that’s par for course

We need a healer and chief
Not someone who adds to our grief
Who’s as distant as a barrier reef
And is callous beyond belief
Somebody who’s patient and wise
Who can also empathise
With what’s before their eyes
Or at the very least tries

Pow, boom, straight to the moon
It’s past time we replace this buffoon
And the election is coming real soon
Let’s free ourselves of this cartoon
Why look for leadership,
From someone who’s prone to trip?
And also shoot from the hip
Because he’s losing his grip



























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By: Cedric McClester

As I sit here and reflect,
It appears, I’m the usual suspect
You’re suppose to serve and protect
So please take  your knee off my neck
If I tell you I can’t breathe,
I seriously doubt I’ll be believed
As if something is up my sleeve
Must my family and loved ones always grieve?

Must they be the ones to regret,
The sale of a loose cigarette?
Or even better yet,
A counterfeit  20 still wet
See, I’d really like to know,
How far does this thing have to go?
Before my top’s gonna blow
And my hurt and my anger show

As countless others like me die,
Am I just supposed to sit by,
Without having to wonder why?
Am I a convenient bullseye?
Sometimes the going gets rough,
But when is enough enough?
I realize your job is tough
But don’t **** me if I’ve been handcuffed

And when tempers run hot
You say it’s a left wing plot
But that’s not always what we got
See, it might be what your actions wrought
Now you may not wanna buy it
But people all over are tired
And might be prone to riot
Or burn down a hotel like the Hyatt













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By: Cedric McClester

Four o’clock in the morning,
It finally came to me
Why we are seeing
Some of the things we see
People in the streets protesting
Demonstrating their misery
From the deadly repetition
That never has to be

Four o’clock in the morning,
suddenly I have clarity
Yesterday it was George Floyd
Tomorrow it could be me
Racism is at the root
Of the unwarranted brutality
So the question we must ask,
Is are any of us free?

Four o’clock in the morning
It’s the bewitching hour
When I turn the news back on
The situation’s dour
Cuz it’s a tug and pull
Where each side wants the power
And one side is out gunned
So the other is forced to cower

Four o’clock in the morning
And the White House has been silent
The country is going up in smoke
Amid the turmoil and the violence
We’re in need of some national leadership
But it hasn’t been forthcoming
You see the President has lost his grip
And it’s clearly numbing











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By: Cedric McClester

Enough of your half-*** excuses
We’ve become accustomed,
To your verbal abuses
And the reaction it often produces
It’s much too late for flashing duces
When it’s a matter of wrong or right
We can count on you to incite
And make your base wanna fight

Before the looting even starts
There’s a tragedy in equal parts
That tugs at our hearts
Because of how it smarts
Then throw in the anarchists
And the urge to become ******
Becomes too hard to resist
So  we get results like this

And it only gets ratcheted higher
When gasoline is poured on the fire
Until the situation becomes dire
Which must be what you desire
Because time and time again
You through rocks
And then pretend
That you’d like to see it end

Some strive to bring us together
But you were never quite that clever
Instead you’d rather sever
National ties to do whatever
Your sick agenda might require
Which is never to inspire
So why put out the fire,
When it doesn’t meet with your desire?












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By: Cedric McClester

The match has now been lit
And the President’s talking ****
But that’s the government we get
When we elect a total misfit
As we look all around
Whole communities are burning down
Although it is unsound
The message is profound

How come you’re asking me,
Why is there so much anarchy?
When none of us are free
Judging by the things we see
Amidst the toil and strife
Another civilian loses his life
And that cuts deep like a knife
For his loved ones and his wife  

Common-law, or not
That’s the woman that he’s got
Shedding tears along with snot
Because the situation got hot
For those who read their Bible
It isn’t even tribal
It’s becoming so archival
That it’s a matter of survival

It defies our intellect
Underneath the mere context
Of wondering who’ll be next
When a cop decides to check
And it results in unwarranted death
The mourners are the only ones left
To them it hurts just like a theft
Then all of us become bereft













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By: Cedric McClester

Let’s just suppose,
The victim had been white
With a policeman on his neck,
In broad daylight
Would the reaction be the same
Kind of uptight?
Or would the American people
Simply wanna fight?

Would that kind of law enforcement
Be tolerated?
In These United States,
Or be hated?
And would the President
Choose to complicate it
By releasing careless Tweets
That down rate it

Let’s just suppose,
The shoe was on the other foot
Where do you think that knee,
Might have been put?
And would the pressure
Have been relieved?
If a  desperate white man said,
He couldn’t breathe?

We as a society
Have to change our racist ways
All lives matter
Especially now-a-days
The police have to turn over
A whole brand new leaf
One that doesn’t result
In death and unnecessary grief






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By: Cedric McClester

Despite all our yappin
Maybe we’ve been nappin’,
Why it keeps on happinin’?
Sometimes overlappin’
While tryin’ to get along,
Where did we go wrong?
It’s the same ‘ole song
Is their racism that strong?

They usually let ‘em slide
So we’ll let you decide
God knows how we’ve tried
And that can’t be denied
They have a virtuosity
For committing an atrocity
With a certain viscosity
It’s an unchanging philosophy

We are not naive
Sayin’ “I can’t breathe!”
If statistic are believed
Don’t mean we’ll be relieved
Nine times out of ten
Woe be unto black men
That police apprehend
Will our wounds ever mend?

Though some may find it strange
We need fundamental change
At home and on the range
Let’s have a fair exchange
It is a long time in comin
Like novacaine it’s numbing
Despite the somber drumming
The machine keeps on humming











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By: Cedric McClester

We know that he’s a hater,
But is he merely,
Our president,
Or is he a dictator?
It depends on which one
He considers greater
We see his type quite frequently
Down, below the equator

He’s now come down on
Social media,
With an executive order,
As we witness his term in office
Growing shorter and shorter
He doesn’t believe that anyone
Should have the right to check him
But we certainly have the right, not to reelect him

If we didn’t have a Constitution,
He’d rule with an iron fist
Which is what the founding fathers
Encouraged us to resist
We broke away from the King
Not just to elect a despot
But that notwithstanding anyway
That seems what we have got

His gives out executive orders
Like others give out edicts
Unsteadily on his feet
In need of new orthopedics
But be that as it may
It’s just a matter of time
Before we change the guard
And find a brand new paradigm













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By: Cedric McClester

From his bully pulpit
All we get is *******
Clearly he’s a misfit
You’ll have to admit
He’s a Twitter addict
And that’s problematic
When he’s so emphatic
At causing so much static

You best be believing
I have been retrieving
The lies he’s conceiving
To him it’s like breathing
Despite this pandemic
He’s a master of polemic
That’s almost alchemic
At a rate that’s epidemic

No more benign neglect
Now that he’s being Twitter checked
He’s ******* I suspect
It’s about time, what the heck?
He has nothing to say
About us dying every day
Why should reality get in his way
While pretending it’s okay

From his platform he deflects
By writing bogus checks
To the usual suspects
Or some others he collects
And while by some admired
He’s making others tired
Because we’re not inspired
It’s high time that he’s fired










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By: Cedric McClester

We’ve come full circle,
So we’ve stopped asking why?
How many black people
Have to needlessly die?
At the hands of police
When something’s gone awry
And is good judgement
Ever gonna apply?

We’ve come full circle,
We’re at the end of our rope
We’d like to be optimistic
But we’re about to give up hope
That anything will change
Without a whole lot of soap
To clean up the mess
Underneath our microscope

We’ve come full circle,
And reached this conclusion
Equal treatment under the law
Is merely an illusion
If it ain’t an errant bullet
Or a fractured skull contusion
It’s death by strangulation
As a result of the confusion

We’ve come full circle,
On this ferris wheel
And if they were in our shoes
They’d know how we feel
All we’re asking is that
They be even keel
Before unnecessarily
Drawing their steel









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By: Cedric McClester

Clearly the man
Is in a lurch
He now demands
We go to church
Straight away from
White House perch
In defiance to
The latest research

The nation’s death rate
Keeps on rising
Yet the President
Keeps criticizing
The nation’s governors
Without realizing
The safety plans
That they’re devising

Christians Jews and
Muslims all know
They can pray at home
Although, in the mosque
It’s shoulder to shoulder
And toe to toe
Which doesn’t allow
For social distancing yo

I wonder what on earth
Provoked his decision?
Was it politics or
His new found religion
The former rather than the latter
I envision
He campaigns
With a sense of derision









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By: Cedric McClester

It was the ****
And then the dust
Then crack *******
Became a must
Then ******
Betrayed my trust
Now it’s Oxycodone
For which I lust

Ever since
I was addicted
You could say
I’ve been conflicted
After all
It was who picked it
A time or two
I even kicked it

Over time
I lost my place
They took me to
Another space
Thought i was high
In any case
But I was low
A **** disgrace

That’s my history
As it were,
Don’t ask me which
I most prefer
To tell the truth
It’s been a blur
Whichever or
Doesn't occur










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By: Cedric McClester

**** a *****,
Day or night
And it’s gonna
Be alright,
As long as
The perp is white,
He won’t event have
To take flight

**** a *****,
Shoot him down!
Don’t you have,
Another round?
Then  we’ll call it,
Hold your ground
If we’re called on
To expound

**** a *****,
Here’s the reason,
The black man’s burden
Don’t need easing
When it comes to them
It’s  open season
And it don’t need
No rhyme or reason

**** a *****,
If you can
Start a race war
They can’t win
Now’s the time
So let’s begin
It doesn’t matter
Where or when








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By: Cedric McClester

You can tell
By his noncompliance
That he has
Absolutely no reliance
Upon the prevailing
Science
By his demonstrated
Defiance

Even when
Politely asked
He goes into factories
Completely unmasked
As if that is
Too hard a task
He’d much prefer
To show his ***

He tells one and all
That he’s been tested
And while it’s nice
That he confessed it
It’s not the point
He won’t admit
That what he passes
They could get

Hasn’t he heard
Of a false negative
That many anti-body tests
Tend to give
Is that something
He can live with
Like the symbol of death
Complete with his scythe






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By: Cedric McClester

I can’t get inside
His head
But he negates
What Jesus said
Blessed are
The meek
Cuz he destains
The weak

He doesn’t
Really give a ****
Because he thinks
He’s Superman
Who’s immune
To Kryptonite
He take Hydroxychloroquine
Day and night

And never mind
What that portends
He doesn’t care
Whose life ends
Unless it’s relatives
Or friends
That’s his position
And it rarely bends

He has a certain
Point of view
That aligns
With Anon-Q
He sits in church
But not the pew
Like other Christians
Tend to do




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By: Cedric McClester

We’re drowning
In an ocean of despair
But the president
Doesn’t seem to  care
It doesn’t matter to him
How we fare
As the death toll rises
Though he’s aware

There’s only one thing
On his mind
It’s the next election
You will find
Perhaps that explains why
He’s deaf, dumb and blind
To the massive pandemic
Affecting all mankind

Never mind
The lives lost
Forget about
The human cost
A win to him i
Is better than a loss
As long as he’s
Gets to floss

It’s past time
We realize
He doesn’t feel
Or sympathise
And it’s right here
Before our eyes
So let that be
Word to the wise





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By: Cedric McClester

My reflection
In the mirror
Doesn’t make
The image clearer
When a fog
Covers the glass
Like a smog
That doesn’t pass

I’m confused
You could say
Is this the price
That I must pay?
Or will my sins
Just pass away?
Tomorrow is
Another day

How did it
Get to this?
Whatever happened
To the bliss
Falling in love
Can be a risk
I’m hoping that
You get my gist

Guess you could say
My heart is broken
Now that I’ve finally
Spoken
So please accept
My humble token
Of the tears
That you’ve awoken




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By: Cedric McClester

It’s safe to say
We wouldn’t know
If not for the video
That documented
The ebb and flow
Of the ******
But even so
We have quite a way to gp

The perpetrators
Might  have escaped
If the incident
Wasn’t taped
And now it’s
Not a mystery
It’s crystal clear
For all to see

And what cannot
Be debated
Is this tragedy
Gets replicated
All across this
Troubled land
When white folks
Have the upper hand

And black lives
Are expendable
When they’re not
Defendable
Which happens
All too frequently
Although it doesn’t
Have to be







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By: Cedric McClester

Now it’s Obamagate
So let me state
It’s hard to relate
To your level of hate
Once it was spying
Although you were lying
But you keep on trying
There’s no denying

Bar humbug! you Scrooge
Your ***** must be huge
The whole **** deluge
Is just subterfuge
False charges renewed
Cuz you won’t be sued
So you start a feud
Lascivious and lewd

But hold on, just wait
Remember Birthergate
And how you would state
What time would ablate
We’d see you sneer
And make it appear
That he wasn’t born here
Though that wasn’t sincere

Your constant housemate
Seems to be switch and bate
As you initiate and complicate
Certain things that you state
So follow your whim
And blame everything on him
Chance are none to slim
That he’ll catch your phlegm













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By: Cedric McClester

It’s a 1929 rewind
“Brother can you spare a dime?”
Once again
It’s depression time
And I’ma about to
Lose my mind
Cuz there’s no job
For me to find

So blame it on
The new disease
That’s  the reason
We’re on our knees
Begging for help
Somebody please!
Cuz all we want
Is a little ease

Is that too much
For us to ask?
Hope I’m not
Gong too fast
See there’s no *****
Inside my flask
And I’m **** tired
Of wearing this mask

Wish that it would
Go away,
Open up now!
We hear ‘em say
But will that take
Covid away?
Or guarantee
That it will stay?














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By: Cedric McClester

People ask me what’s
On my mind?
The forgotten, left out
And the left behind
See some with sight
Might as well be blind
They’re deaf and dumb
And also unkind

People ask me what is
My pet peeve?
Lot’s of things
That you might not believe
Like the present pandemic
He couldn’t  conceive
From the intelligence
That he refused to read

Curious minds wanna know
How far the misery
Index will go?
And whether there’s room
For us to grow?
When the Coronavirus isn’t in tow
And the Stock Market
Is saying yo!

People ask me
What’s the deal?
With a President
Who can’t keep it real
And has no idea
What it is to feel
The pain that others
Readily reveal









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By: Cedric McClester

He’s bombastic
When being sarcastic
And also he’s elastic
I wonder if he’s spastic
Although we know
Right from the get go
He says it isn’t so
As we watch his nose  grow

He’s bombastic
But thinks that he’s fantastic
Now that things are getting drastic
He comes off as plastic
So his lack of leadership
Shows on every TV clip
As he just lets it rip
While his ratings start to slip

He’s bombastic
And enthusiastic
When he should be monastic
He’s certainly not scholastic
Now he’s a circus clown
Who refuses to lay down
He thinks he wears a crown
Which only makes us frown

He’s bombastic
On the verge of being megaloblastic
He would like to be dynastic
Though maybe that’s too drastic
Cuz we can’t take much more
Of that you can be sure
He’s rotten to the core
And I’ve told you that before





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By: Cedric McClester

Stronger tomorrow
Than we are today
We want an answer
So why don’t we pray?
Cuz there has to be
A much brighter day
And I do believe
That it’s on the way

Stronger tomorrow
When we persevere
We can get past
Whatever we fear
Though we can’t pretend
That it isn’t here
There’s a Higher Power
I know somewhere

Stronger tomorrow
Than we are today
Would if we could
Simply wish it away
Though it might be the price
That we have to pay
For our past transgressions
From yesterday

Stronger tomorrow
Than we are today
We want an answer
So why don’t we pray?
Cuz there has to be
A much brighter day
And I do believe
That it’s on the way









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By: Cedric McClester

I guess he’s just
King in name
Cuz he don’t wanna
Take no blame
So everything
Remains the same
As if this is
Some kind of game

He don’t really
Give a ****
That’s why we see him
Pass the buck
On those questions
He gets stuck
And when he wins
It’s just dumb luck

Have you noticed
His hair doo
That’s plastered down
With Krazy Glue
Say something
And he’ll sue
But I’m not telling you
Nothing new

He was warned
Way in advance
But where is his
Cyrus Vance
To inform him
So by chance
He wouldn’t just talk
But would do the dance










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