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Oct 2016
Black power? no we have black flowers
Because everyone’s beautiful, no matter the race
If only there was a thing like a mental shower
Clean out racism, get a change of pace

We are a nation of discrimination
We need to practice some elimination
The stuff that we should eliminate
It’s things that make us really irate
The fact the no one loves thy neighbor
Don’t wanna give out any favors
Rather shoot guns than have some fun
I’d rather make puns and go on a run

Exercise and increase mental capacity
Most people just don’t have the audacity
To speak out against the black and blue
Not the cops, but the kids hit with a shoe
People need to find outlets for their anger
Take flight like you’re leaving a hangar
Anyone can go and reach the sky
All you have to do is go ahead and try

Let’s reach toward a common goal
Encourage change in the U.S, choose right at the polls
Is it weird that a white guy wrote this?
I’m not white, just a young man wrote this

“Oh, that kid is wise beyond his years”
My age is not a measurement of my tears
I’ve been through much even though I’m a tall white man
I should be privileged right? That’s what you don’t understand
Discrimination will end when race, ***, and age just describe how you look
Not a judge of how much you’ve hit the books
Or how much illegal stuff you took
Instead of being pawns we should be queens or rooks

We are all just humans, born equal under the stars
Once we learn that, we are going to go far
Our progress has stopped because of stereotyping
And our views have been skewed because of overhyping
Media says something is great, everyone will believe
It's hard to dodge hate, I have to bob and weave
Work my way around any obstacles
But if these barriers would go away, that would be optimal

Religion and race aren’t anything but a face
A front, to not leave a trace
A trace of guilt for those who have killed
People other than themselves, whenever they willed
Just because someone looks different doesn't mean they aren't the same
We were all born equal, until discrimination came

Ever since the Twin Towers, we are afraid of Muslims
Ever since Pearl Harbor, Americans hated the Japanese, and it puzzles them
Why do Americans practice so much inequality?
If you want some real talk, please call me
I’ll say that I hate what our nation has become
Since men enslaved other men, everyone is dumb
They feel different types of people are worse than them
This nation really needs a new hem

Let us sew it with a different kind of fabric
Cause the current one makes me mad sick
*******? No, we have multicultural flowers
Let's try to stop this world from going sour
Written for a college English Composition class
Written by
Richard T Eckhardt
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