African American plight 
Incessant fright
Dark days into night 

Equality, a concept 
unbeknownst to we
Or is it me 
Not born locally
And speaking colloquially 

Now disillusioned 
For a society alienated 
Is a society decapitated 
And the people dilapidated  
When you turn a blind eye 
And hope not to hear their cry 

Malignant systems 
Elected officials to fix them 
When all they do is fix them 
To individual greed 
And the corporate elite 

Disenfranchised youth 
Incarcerated they lose 
Communities gentrified 
And families undignified 
A Marginalized people 
Seen as second class 
But a man of colour is no different from another.