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History Pages
by, Christina Singletary
Brotha Man
Brotha Man
You've lost your soul
Sista girl
Sista girl
Your beauty was stole
With whips and chains
And tortures untold
Separated from family
Just to be sold
Told what to do
And how to behave
This is your life
And you are a slave
Workers in the fields
Swarming like bees
Hoping Masta wont use
The whip with such ease
The pungent smell of death
Blowing in the breeze
Wounds open up and
The blood starts to pour
Prayin and prayin
That you can endure
Even when freed
Your spirit is still trapped
Trying to push forward and never look back
Your blackness keeps growing
By leaps and bounds
But they still find a way
To keep you down
Fast forward thru years
Ages and stages
Flip through history
And examine the pages
No longer a slave
Just poorly paid labor
Feeling troubled and lonely
Kept in your place by signs
Whites Only
No longer uneducated
And ready to fight
Lashing out against
Everything that's white
Crying out loud for the
Whole world to hear
Praying to God
They won't return a blank stare
The water is freezing
Your dog bites are bleeding
But your soul says
Just keep believing
The struggle continues
Your blackness keeps growing
By leaps and bounds
But they still find a way
To keep you down
Fast forward thru years
Ages and stages
Flip thru history
And examine the pages
It's 2013
And what do we know
The black tax
Continues to grow
Everyone's equal or
So they say
But for me it's all
Work no time for play
I have to work harder
Continue to pave the way
So future generations
Can gladly say
The struggle was hard
But well worth
The fight
Our blackness keeps growing
By leaps and bound
Now no one
Can hold us down
Written originally in 2006
