Set Me Free

Look at what America has done to me.
Shamed of the reflection in the mirror that I see.
Clouded my mind with such lies.
Broken my ability
Taken my strength
Reduced my pride
These tears I cry I can not hide
Not crying because of the pain
But because they stripped my heritage of its name
What it truly means to an African King
A Black man with a dream
Stolen...
Beaten...
Snatched from me...

Look at what America has done to me.
A shell of my former self
Made it okay to slay those who look like me
Lowered inhibitions by allowing the liquid courage
To be purchased at every corner I see...
Every McDonalds and Burger King within three feet
To downgrade
Downplay
And misuse my ebony queen
Not seen as what she use to
Because her honor is shredded by society
Stolen
Beaten
Snatched from me...

Look at what America has done to me.
My words hold no value because everything I seem to do
Goes against the rule..
"Well, he looked like trouble"
"He looked like you"
All I did was walk down the street with a Arizona and a bag of candy
I thought this was suppose to be the land of the equal, the land of the free.
I was proven wrong by the unfairness that I see.
The mistreated ways that I go through
And then I'm the bad guy when I catch an attitude.
I'm told to shut up when I speak my truths.
My rights..
Stolen...
Beaten...
Snatched from me...

Look at what America has done to me.
Caused me to be tongued tied
My children brainwashed by the media's fabrications
Our youths deprived of educations
When I stand up tall
My back is broken with ridiculous tea party laws
America... doesn't care as long as it gets it share
Who cares...
Eyes burning...
Vision blurred from the tears I tried to hold back
As this American noose tightens around my neck..
I apologize not to America...
But to the younger men I see
I wish there was something more I could be
I'm just another black man with a dream that was
Stolen...
Beaten...
Snatched from me...

Now pull the level and set me free...


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