now let me discuss the issue at hand
between the differences of our land
the blacks, Latinos, whites and Jews
all have different comments on the news
the blacks always talk about being slaves
how they worked to death to rest in their graves
how their family fought for being dark
for they had nothing but this evil mark
they were traded always by white men
how they say "i ain't doing that shit again!"
but now a day you can't find a slave
you see them wearing Sean john that a sista gave
they don't see the meaning to what they say
you weren't a slave not today or yesterday
stop saying that you were and hating white men
they weren't the ones who hurt you now and again
and for you white men who think you cute
you better shut your snotty mouth or ill give you the boot
yes, your race did hate on all the blacks
your ancestors needed to chill, they needed to relax
they killed cuz of a color and hurt cuz they were rich
and all the pretty white women was nothing but a bitch
because of the skin they shut them out
all y'all little white folks know what I'm talking about
you see it in the movies, you hear it in songs
if you reading my poem, listen to their wrongs
they thought they had the right color just cuz it was more
they rapped their slaves, so white men was a whore
but don't just think those are the only races that count
believe it or not there is a big and large amount
The Mexicans always talk about the families being large
How we have 300 cousins and still it gets enlarged
we migrated from Mexico, yes, we crossed that river
but we living in America, and this place is a keeper
although when we walking on the street, we get eyes up and down
you people hating on us just because our skin is brown
you don't understand the language so you think we talking crap
and you hate on us just because we don't shop at the gap
but us Mexicans are the same, we hate on you too
Which is why I've come to understand racism is the issue
yes, the Jews were enslaved by Hitler, he did kill them for fun
he planted corpses on his land as if they were his garden
those who survived will tell their kids their story
i know you was hurt, and i know your still in mourning
but you gotta understand, this earth is all the same
and none of you Jews were ever to blame
realize you weren't the only one to suffer
We cut of the japs, America is a home wrecker
we sent them to internment camps, that's almost like a box
far away from land, where you can't hear yourself talk
you have no privacy or love, you can't think on your own
they had 30 others living in one room, your in your tombstone
to all the other races i didn't get to, you know your own story
but this racial shit is old, can't we all agree?
this is just a free write to whats going on in my head
its what i think of when i lye awake in bed
how the world is a disgrace, why do i live in it
when everywhere i turn there is nothing but shit
Don't discriminate cuz of a color, or hate because our past
maybe we can join a force, we can bond together at last
if we just give up the fight and let in to the lost
instead of paying with a world nuclear cost
there is only one way to determine someone by their face
to finally understand...there is only something called the human race
Author notes
Very long.But from the heart.
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"you weren't a slave not today or yesterday
stop saying that you were and hating white men
they weren't the ones who hurt you now and again"
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Well, as a black i have to say it's a very interesting piece, as a writer i can understand where you coming from, yes the world is full of crap, as for when we bleed, i would love for anyone to show me a different color of blood, or if the human race were made to be blind, i would love for any one to sow me the difference between dark and light, yes the world is full of crap, but the problem is not me or you, it's the people who don't think like us.
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Long and great. Your point got acrossed very well. By far the best one since it is not really one topic but many different which is why I like this. Thanks for entering this contest and good luck.
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