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Change
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
7:57 PM
Change is the only constant
It’s self evident
Even if there are those looking to stop it
From the fields picking cotton
To the brother on the corner with his hands in his pocket
Dreaming of the day that his time will come
When things will change for the better
And the dreams of a King will come into fruition
That his road to perdition will be met with options
To turn right to promise or stay in stagnation
Because the eyes of a nation are blinded by the darkness of his skin
But as he watches a King he sings…
…”We shall overcome, someday…we shall overcome”
From sitting in the back
Suffering from neighborhoods flood with crack
Tar and feathered backs
Hung on trees like ornaments
Jailed on fabricated conspiracy theories
Leaders gunned down, heritage watered down to 28 days
While we stood center stage being ripped apart
On ship docks in auction like eBay
And 40 acres and a mules was the empty promise
To 40 years of the Tuskegee experiments
Like our men were some kind of a project
So they piled us into the projects
A concrete plantation for the minds of strong people
But we…shall overcome…
Because change is the only constant
And hope lives in the eyes of a child who watches
From a window as the light glows on her dark skin
As the fire burns on a cross that she believes in
It lives in the young man who wants an education that won’t
Be deprived because of the color of his skin
And in the mother who sits at home waiting
For her love to return from an endless conflict
Just so that she can kiss away his sorrows
And he will be healed knowing that his tomorrows
Can be spent raising a son
Who has watched many sunsets from concrete jungles where the cries
Rang out in echoes like tolling bells and wallets that hit pavements
Before the shells have chance to cool
But don’t be fooled he says,
We shall overcome…someday
And in the universe's cathartic way
From the belly of what was considered
Three-fourths of man, from the cotton fields
And the welfare lines
Rises a sun the shines brighter than hope
With the resilience of Truth
And a voice of eloquence
…and believe we shall overcome!
We are on one of the greatest journeys of our lives
Where change is all we know
Just ask Amanda Jones, Opal Rucker,
Mandela, Andrew Young, Myrlie Evers-Williams
Bill Cosby, Jesse Jackson, and everyone who dreamed of this day
They will tell you as they fight back the tears of joy
That change is constant and the inevitable…
And today we overcame!
Congratulations and go enjoy yourselves!
He says…
© 2008 NOV 04 Tshombe. All Rights Reserved.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
7:57 PM
Change is the only constant
It’s self evident
Even if there are those looking to stop it
From the fields picking cotton
To the brother on the corner with his hands in his pocket
Dreaming of the day that his time will come
When things will change for the better
And the dreams of a King will come into fruition
That his road to perdition will be met with options
To turn right to promise or stay in stagnation
Because the eyes of a nation are blinded by the darkness of his skin
But as he watches a King he sings…
…”We shall overcome, someday…we shall overcome”
From sitting in the back
Suffering from neighborhoods flood with crack
Tar and feathered backs
Hung on trees like ornaments
Jailed on fabricated conspiracy theories
Leaders gunned down, heritage watered down to 28 days
While we stood center stage being ripped apart
On ship docks in auction like eBay
And 40 acres and a mules was the empty promise
To 40 years of the Tuskegee experiments
Like our men were some kind of a project
So they piled us into the projects
A concrete plantation for the minds of strong people
But we…shall overcome…
Because change is the only constant
And hope lives in the eyes of a child who watches
From a window as the light glows on her dark skin
As the fire burns on a cross that she believes in
It lives in the young man who wants an education that won’t
Be deprived because of the color of his skin
And in the mother who sits at home waiting
For her love to return from an endless conflict
Just so that she can kiss away his sorrows
And he will be healed knowing that his tomorrows
Can be spent raising a son
Who has watched many sunsets from concrete jungles where the cries
Rang out in echoes like tolling bells and wallets that hit pavements
Before the shells have chance to cool
But don’t be fooled he says,
We shall overcome…someday
And in the universe's cathartic way
From the belly of what was considered
Three-fourths of man, from the cotton fields
And the welfare lines
Rises a sun the shines brighter than hope
With the resilience of Truth
And a voice of eloquence
…and believe we shall overcome!
We are on one of the greatest journeys of our lives
Where change is all we know
Just ask Amanda Jones, Opal Rucker,
Mandela, Andrew Young, Myrlie Evers-Williams
Bill Cosby, Jesse Jackson, and everyone who dreamed of this day
They will tell you as they fight back the tears of joy
That change is constant and the inevitable…
And today we overcame!
Congratulations and go enjoy yourselves!
He says…
© 2008 NOV 04 Tshombe. All Rights Reserved.
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