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You're a contradiction

by negrita

He looks like a rasta Preaches no money only peace But smokes no weed He’s been sober all his life Like he just got out of rehab But doesn't mind if his friends smoke a couple trees He breaks it down like a b-boy That might of known Michael Jackson Then belts out American country music In the heart of Africa Designs fashion making Europeans wonder If they should colonize Africa again to get his resources. Neo-colonization anyone? He has small money He lives poor But lives rich Has his own humble home Like the adult he’s been since 15 And loves helplessly like he’s still 15 Despite the bruises the world continues to lash on his never aging soul. Ohhh Those bruises must hurt But he’s trying to heal them with his art He is an anomaly Doesn’t fit here or there But anomalies are perfectly normal They choose to sit in there soul Release truth that needs to be told Because it’s only natural Not fabricated The fabricated Really hates it. The fabricated Still takes a taste of it Because they want that Freedom The fabricated Watch in awe They say no You aren’t allowed to do that That’s a contradiction You’re a paradox Social lines wont let you cross that. Get back in line Get back in line Before we shoot you Because we want your freedom too. He’s been shot a couple times I think his soul is his armor But he lives in a human body So you can imagine he’s not all that bullet proof. Even if his body dies one day I swear his soul will live on. His freedom has no expiration date.
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