Deja Vu
Deja Vu
We were kings and queens
You captured us and turned
Us into beggars and peasants
When you brought us to these
Shores. We asked for freedom
And you gave us a whip
To teach us lessons
You conspired how to keep us
Burdened under lies so you could
Hide the wicked truth.
We offered the olive branch to
You in our hand
And in return you hung us
From trees and gave us the noose
You raped our women
Impregnated them and turn the child
Against his own
You tied the men to horses
Stretching them from life to the death
Pulling apart the bone that was the
Back of the black home
You brutalized our spirits and beat out
Its hope
You corrupted our communities with negativity
And infiltrated them with your transported dope
You took away our ability to love
And taught us how to hate
You rearranged the law to catch us up
And legally enslave us for even the smallest mistake
You taught our young men to be gangsters and kill each other
For respect and our young girls to be promiscuous and give
Up their souls for whatever they can get
You told me to dumb down and not to speak up
You tell me to back away and let your
Horror show play
Instead of saying enough is enough
I still try to reach for acceptance
With you only to be
Looked at in disgust
You despise me for my strength
You degrade me because of my
Mind
You constantly try to attack me
And put out of the light
So I can be blind
But though you try to destroy
Everything I build
You may bend but you can
Never break my will
Even when you still try to
Steal my piece of heaven
So you can give me hell
On earth
The law of reaping and
Sowing is God given
So just keep living
And you will see
My retribution for
All my hurt and
what’s worse is we
still try to make things
work with
unity so the future can
live so that peace
can help us
be still regardless
of how you feel and
the hate you give
you go to bed and
open your eyes to false
perspectives for
things you do
but I go to sleep
only to open up
my eyes to
circumstances of
déjà vu.
