Pigments fall from the sky
They swim in our skin
Some would rank them
By that God
But he gave them all to us
By natural superiority
But that makes for inferiority
Oppression violence abuse hate
Always find outlets through these excuses
*** color religion culture
And those that do nothing
Those that see the wrong and still do nothing
Forge the way for wrongdoers
Moderate the righteously inflamed
And accept the abuse
When rights are stolen
Injustice runs unchecked
All will suffer.
In the end remains just the question
What's next?
When will you be the victim?
When will you act?
When will your sense of justice
Cry out for rightful compensation
For rightful equality and freedom?
When will you scream and fall?
For you and others
With you and others
And right the wrongs
And take up that torch of liberty?
As others before you
That you have mocked
And called impatient rabblerousers
And ridiculed their cause
Now just as noble as yours.
Feb 26, 2013
Feb 26, 2013 at 10:05 PM UTC
Pigments fall from the sky
They swim in our skin
Some would rank them
By that God
But he gave them all to us
By natural superiority
But that makes for inferiority
Oppression violence abuse hate
Always find outlets through these excuses
*** color religion culture
And those that do nothing
Those that see the wrong and still do nothing
Forge the way for wrongdoers
Moderate the righteously inflamed
And accept the abuse
When rights are stolen
Injustice runs unchecked
All will suffer.
In the end remains just the question
What's next?
When will you be the victim?
When will you act?
When will your sense of justice
Cry out for rightful compensation
For rightful equality and freedom?
When will you scream and fall?
For you and others
With you and others
And right the wrongs
And take up that torch of liberty?
As others before you
That you have mocked
And called impatient rabblerousers
And ridiculed their cause
Now just as noble as yours.
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