BLACK HISTORY

who packed history in 28 days
we made history in 20 million ways
hit home runs, an ran home before they let us play
no bat an hat,.... juss a team full of braves
mothers prayed for days, sons that dug graves
Done alotta work an never got paid
we need answers, wish we could ask ancestors from back in tha days
all they knew was black an white juss forget about the greys
seein white hoods wasnt good an bullets that wouldnt graze
December, January wheres the April that may come
does winter go away
wounderin how things now day may go an will it stay
blood sweat an tears yo
over 500 yrs ago seem like 5 trillion tears ago
but we still got tears to go thats alot an so old its rott
but it fresh on our minds
racism, out backs, different schools, wrong water.
Was at the back of the lines,....now up front.
History still in the back of our minds
depression, oppression, obsession, culture, torture forced tha departure
Tha type flames that’s scorcha, waitin for tha world to move forward
Still gentrification in 3rd wards
makin it hard for some to go towards healin bad scares
How long u think dow jones gon down go,
Make me wanna dial phones,…. But who gon answer
Hopin this freestyle make enough since for some to redial an phone home
This is real talk, talkin real I cant really call poem
This food for thought so ima keep it porin
Gotta put on tha gauntlet to face all tha torment
They talkin bout global warmin
More like Global warnin we in recession help now,
dead stocks, economic meltdown
It was built up an torn down
Black history opened up an I don’t think we gon close now!