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When the Fight Inside You is Bigger Than Your Fear | Poetry
You can punch me and you can kick me You can fool me and you can trick me But I still stand You can yell at me, you can curse at me You can throw all including the worst at me But I still stand You can chain me and you can whip me You can make me ‘runner-up-to-your-championship’ me But I still stand You can take away my aspirations and all my hopes You can have me feeling like I’m strung out on dope But I still stand You can take away all my jewels, my money and my cars You can leave me bruised, scratched, and full of…
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One Black Man’s Frustrations With American Life
Confessions of a Tired Black Soul I’m tired of taking steps forward… …and always being pushed back I’m tired of thinking there’s money but there’s always a lack I’m tired of seeing minorities falling behind in society I’m tired of seeing people get behind the wheel having no sobriety I’m tired… I’m tired of seeing memorials on streets in parts of the city I’m tired of soldiers dying with our president showing no pity I’m tired of little girls thinking their so damn grown I’m tired of people on the street with cups asking for a loan I’m tired… I’m tired of the fact that slavery really hasn’t ended I’m…
