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In case you are wondering, to whom I am addressing I’ll clear that part for you, so you won’t have to be guessing Aiming at the racist ones, words are my sole arsenal And if you’re like them too, go ahead and take it personal What I will emphasize may look to y’all as history From humanity’s standpoint; it’s a big shame and mystery It sure happened in the past, this ain’t a current topic Or it’s maybe still around, hurtful and traumatic Man was treated as goods, traded in public auctions Disgrace was all over with no sign of conscience Body wasn’t enough, you also wanted mind and soul Wow! You must’ve paid a fortune to buy ’em all Please answer me, Dear Sirs. What happened to empathy? Do you know what the word refers? Taking the fifth already? You never thought of yourself in the body of color Yet gave long-ass speeches on dignity and honor You were rough on the surface, to make them obey Who knows how rotten in inside. And all that was okay Captivated a race and gave them the stupid belief That they were secondary and all they deserved was grief Motivation was obvious; millions of things to take care Slaves cost less than anything. You couldn’t even compare Don’t run away now, we just heated the subject He is a human being Mister, not a ******* object Oh, I see, you don’t wanna face the sheer fact That indeed your cruel ancestors attacked These innocent African tribes for no good reason In a barefaced manner despite the Age of Reason And you’re not ready to redeem their deadly sin Alright! Stand up and admit then. All humans are close kin It’s **** important. Do you even know why? That is to say to residues of racism bye-bye Opportunity gap, project houses, ****** education Are the real meanings of the word discrimination Biased justice with never ending prejudice on Blacks Are updated slavery forms deserving a good smack You are mostly haughty for the things you didn’t earn Race and color are given, but you have yet to learn No man’s a property for your royal dynasty Facing and accepting this takes a lot of honesty Freedom was vague when society was stratified Where the aristocracy were safely identified By color, neighborhood, and school in the whole nation In ********* good-old-days, during segregation Do me a favor and don’t give me the cliché That all **** sapiens had an equal say It is not the truth even nowadays Let alone back in those dark days For all the years they have chosen to be violent Slave owners don’t have the right to remain silent Before giving me the crap on Afro-American’s wrongdoings Let’s put you in their shoes and see how you’re doing It’s not like Blacks need a defense from this ground To see how they get even with you, just look around Jazz, rap, hip hop, soul, reggae and blues for that matter Non-black pants below waist, what a cross-cultural endeavor Look at youngsters’ hands, when they’re saluting each other Trust me, there is nothing white, it’s all from Black brother In return is belittlement, denial, tyranny and attack All while they are transforming and painting you solid Black It all began in New York with the Harlem Renaissance Artistic, rebellious and witty. Possibly the best response I know what I’m talking about with absolute faith Once my home address was 135th and 8th Stop pompously calling this junk as modernity It’s in fact nothing but big fat white sovereignty Nonetheless you are more than welcome to anticipate That in fact communities of color will emancipate You from yourself in time, if you know what I mean Too deep to grasp, huh? For what you have been I can almost hear that you’re constantly asking me While me being white, oh sorry. A brown maybe Why on earth am I now irritating the past? Like what happened back then is not manifest I’m not even black, right. But in all fairness I question the past to raise some awareness I suppose it’s both because of my aching heart Feeling in the history for this vile part And also because of my Turkish nationality That’s Europe’s Black these days, with Asian paternity Add to that as well a keenness for reality Truth needs to be cried out, it’s my personality This way or that way, what difference does it make Ignore who says it. Embrace the truth for God’s sake Most great thinkers felt deeply for the human With their vast and perpetual acumen It’s not a duty assigned to philosophers only We must do the same, so no race becomes lonely There is no other way to the salvation of mankind Notice it already! Don’t insist on being blind If you’ve yet to realize what matters the most It’s your efforts to solve the problem we diagnosed Make no mistake, we don’t cry over spilt milk here Action must speak louder than the words to clear This longstanding injustice along with insincerity A bleeding wound that is blocking solidarity Here’s your chance to make it all right again Treat people equally, I bet you’ll get an Amen Kindly stop acting like nothing happened in the past Labyrinth’s says it’s time for understanding at last March 12th, 2019 labyrinth
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Feb 22, 2021
Feb 22, 2021 at 11:06 AM UTC
This Has Been Written Long Before Black Lives Started Mattering In Some Lands
In case you are wondering, to whom I am addressing I’ll clear that part for you, so you won’t have to be guessing Aiming at the racist ones, words are my sole arsenal And if you’re like them too, go ahead and take it personal What I will emphasize may look to y’all as history From humanity’s standpoint; it’s a big shame and mystery It sure happened in the past, this ain’t a current topic Or it’s maybe still around, hurtful and traumatic Man was treated as goods, traded in public auctions Disgrace was all over with no sign of conscience Body wasn’t enough, you also wanted mind and soul Wow! You must’ve paid a fortune to buy ’em all Please answer me, Dear Sirs. What happened to empathy? Do you know what the word refers? Taking the fifth already? You never thought of yourself in the body of color Yet gave long-ass speeches on dignity and honor You were rough on the surface, to make them obey Who knows how rotten in inside. And all that was okay Captivated a race and gave them the stupid belief That they were secondary and all they deserved was grief Motivation was obvious; millions of things to take care Slaves cost less than anything. You couldn’t even compare Don’t run away now, we just heated the subject He is a human being Mister, not a ******* object Oh, I see, you don’t wanna face the sheer fact That indeed your cruel ancestors attacked These innocent African tribes for no good reason In a barefaced manner despite the Age of Reason And you’re not ready to redeem their deadly sin Alright! Stand up and admit then. All humans are close kin It’s **** important. Do you even know why? That is to say to residues of racism bye-bye Opportunity gap, project houses, ****** education Are the real meanings of the word discrimination Biased justice with never ending prejudice on Blacks Are updated slavery forms deserving a good smack You are mostly haughty for the things you didn’t earn Race and color are given, but you have yet to learn No man’s a property for your royal dynasty Facing and accepting this takes a lot of honesty Freedom was vague when society was stratified Where the aristocracy were safely identified By color, neighborhood, and school in the whole nation In ********* good-old-days, during segregation Do me a favor and don’t give me the cliché That all **** sapiens had an equal say It is not the truth even nowadays Let alone back in those dark days For all the years they have chosen to be violent Slave owners don’t have the right to remain silent Before giving me the crap on Afro-American’s wrongdoings Let’s put you in their shoes and see how you’re doing It’s not like Blacks need a defense from this ground To see how they get even with you, just look around Jazz, rap, hip hop, soul, reggae and blues for that matter Non-black pants below waist, what a cross-cultural endeavor Look at youngsters’ hands, when they’re saluting each other Trust me, there is nothing white, it’s all from Black brother In return is belittlement, denial, tyranny and attack All while they are transforming and painting you solid Black It all began in New York with the Harlem Renaissance Artistic, rebellious and witty. Possibly the best response I know what I’m talking about with absolute faith Once my home address was 135th and 8th Stop pompously calling this junk as modernity It’s in fact nothing but big fat white sovereignty Nonetheless you are more than welcome to anticipate That in fact communities of color will emancipate You from yourself in time, if you know what I mean Too deep to grasp, huh? For what you have been I can almost hear that you’re constantly asking me While me being white, oh sorry. A brown maybe Why on earth am I now irritating the past? Like what happened back then is not manifest I’m not even black, right. But in all fairness I question the past to raise some awareness I suppose it’s both because of my aching heart Feeling in the history for this vile part And also because of my Turkish nationality That’s Europe’s Black these days, with Asian paternity Add to that as well a keenness for reality Truth needs to be cried out, it’s my personality This way or that way, what difference does it make Ignore who says it. Embrace the truth for God’s sake Most great thinkers felt deeply for the human With their vast and perpetual acumen It’s not a duty assigned to philosophers only We must do the same, so no race becomes lonely There is no other way to the salvation of mankind Notice it already! Don’t insist on being blind If you’ve yet to realize what matters the most It’s your efforts to solve the problem we diagnosed Make no mistake, we don’t cry over spilt milk here Action must speak louder than the words to clear This longstanding injustice along with insincerity A bleeding wound that is blocking solidarity Here’s your chance to make it all right again Treat people equally, I bet you’ll get an Amen Kindly stop acting like nothing happened in the past Labyrinth’s says it’s time for understanding at last March 12th, 2019 labyrinth
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55/M/Istanbul
Feb 22, 2021
Feb 22, 2021 at 11:06 AM UTC
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