by Craig Davis

Created on: July 23, 2009   Last Updated: July 31, 2009

What is this life that we live,

What is this freedom that we long to embrace.

What is it like to feel that you are alive,

It's freedom to finally fit in a place.

A place where I live but none to call my home.

A place swarmed with so many that have told me to go back home.

A horde of faces not like mine that cringe upon my presence and even when I walk by.

So shallow in those thoughts and so oblivious to see,

That it was their forefathers who brought my ancestors to be.

To exist in land that was built by us yet not granted equality.

They have erased what is by far the truth.

Manipulated the history books and brainwashed the youth.

There's no way to explain what my life would be like,

If Harriet Tubman didn't seize the Underground Railroad and carried so many of our people through the night.

How about the Nat Turner rebellion that voiced what we can do,

Form a revolution under your noses, while you haven't the slightest clue.

What we fight for, is to be where we belong, and be equal as you are,

We want to live a happy life, good credit and feel no pain.

We want to not be ridiculed for how we look and how we dress,

We want to breathe a carefree atmosphere and not feel the stress.

Sometimes life can be hard but the past 400 years prove that we are strong,

We can conduct turmoil and steer tribulations unlike any race of mankind.

Yes, I am black, Yes I am Proud, even at my lowest I can say it loud,

No I am not a rebel, but yet I stand firm.

It is the very freedoms and advances that you've had for so many years that I yearn.

These are just a few yet the list could go on,

Despite our faults and obstacles we remain strong.

Deep down inside you realize and now see,

With generations of lies, we are now opening our eyes.

Freedom and equality is somehow beginning to ring,

With a deafening sound unlike any I've heard before.

Fist in the air, locs in the wind.

My commander and Chief is an African American.

Don't be mad now, you've have over 400 years to shine.

Or is it that you are afraid, because that time is now mine.

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