But... We were captured and sold by our own -
As we struggled through generations to reclaim our dignity... Once again we were sold by our own -
We were put on the streets to lay on our backs by our own -
Our children were give toxins to inject and inhale by our own -
We wrote the lyrics to the music that robbed a generation of self respect -
The lyrics that told our daughters that they were only as valuable as their big ass!
The lyrics that told our sons that to be "gansta" is all there is!
So now we are faced with not just national but global annihilation -
A race on the brink of extinction because we were not our brothers keepers.
And yet we have a chance to get it right. To put a "not for sale" sign on our families. To stand together as every other race has done. To love ourselves thereby leaving a legacy of pride for our race, our culture and yes, pride for our country.
Slavery is America's Holocaust, and we have to know our history to avoid repeating our history.
Yes! Black lives matter! Black lives matter! However, we as African-Americans must matter to ourselves.
Black lives matter because our lives are being targeted. Not Asian lives, not Arab lives, not Hispanic lives... only Black lives are being are being snuffed!
#BLACKLIVESMATTER and we will survive.
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