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Take The Chains Off Me! MAG
April 20, 2016
You trying to cage me,
Has utterly enraged me!
Me being angry,
Doesn't give you a right to chain me!
Brainwashing my people,
Thinking our skin color is staining!
Only way to truly learn my history,
Was through silent paintings!
Why can't ya'll be honest straight with the public?
Why can't you tell the truth?
Is it because these artist might,
Put ya'll on blast inside the booth?
I finally broke this B.S. mind control!
How does it feel, knowing I broke the formation?
Sixteen year old, angry black male,
Speaking against this white supremacist nation!
© Al J., Mt. Prospect, IL
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Carlos said...
on Jul. 1 2016 at 11:16 am
Can someone tell me who the original artist is of this poem? Whomever it is please have your parents contact me via fb under Carlos Buford with the Rolls Royce as my profile pic. Very important!
Honestly, I'm just tired a second class citizen. I matter just as much as everyone else.