Black Poetry : (CYR) Can you relate?

brotherman

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Mar 22, 2002
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Montgomery, AL
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IT Tech
Open my eyes from a pitiful night's rest
cyr
My first thought is another day of some BS
cyr
Look in the mirror to see that I'm still black
cyr
Far from my goals in life trying forever to get on track
cyr
Get ready for work, whatever or hustle
cyr
Today could be peace or death from a tustle
cyr
Pass by a mile high stack of bills and papers
cyr
as they continue to pile on the kitchen table
cyr
Out the door -and there's my next door neighbor
cyr
Driving one of four cars -all new and paid for
cyr
I got no credit and if I did there's higher rates
cyr
I got no collateral -and that's what they say it takes
cyr
At the light I stop -there goes a cop -I get afraid
cyr
No suit and tie to make him feel that I'm ok
cyr
plus i wear the fro -braids or locks, see
cyr
and that's a legal profile for them to stop me
cyr
I go to church and pray like them
cyr
still to succeed my chances are slim
cyr
I'm educated employable and most willing to train
cyr
But my address gives me away just like my name
cyr
I pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray
cyr
from all that praying with no real change I changed my ways
cyr
get to work for lesser pay
cyr
first to get fired if the company had its way
cyr
black sistas treat me like I'm not their cup of tea
cyr
cause corporate ethics won't ever become my philosphy
cyr
it so hard to be myself happy and free
cyr
because "they" associate ridicule with my ancestry
cyr
so i get tired, frustrated and finally fired
cyr
these sistas want "things" so our relationship expires
cyr
thanks to my ancestors there are sistas that understand
cyr
understand the system that faces this black man
cyr
and in her role she play her part for growth and change
cyr
representing the real -respect gets gained -to feel no pain

Really, Can you relate?:confused:
 

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