"There's a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the negro race before the public. Some of these folks do not want the negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. There is a certain class of race problem solvers who don't want the patient to get well." Booker T. Washington (1865-1915)
THE PAST SHOULD BE JUST THAT
How prophetic was he, Booker T.
Knowing how people of his race used their liberty
Grateful and successful some went on to be
Taking advantage of their hard fought dignity
Yet there are some who still choose to wear chains
Dwelling on bitterness that in memories remain
Using past indiscretions of our ancestors for their gain
Choosing instead of liberty that for our great grandfathers we explain
And our history will haunt us as still a prejudice prevails
In those who harbor hate and that fact is thinly veiled
It has always been the same free air every ethnic group has inhaled
It's time to know our freedom and upon no cross be nailed
Blindfolded when we touch the skin all feels the same
It is time to bury the past that was brutally insane
We should all be pulling together as free Americans who reign
Singing songs of unity aboard the freedom train
Personal responsibility is truely where it's at
Offer and accept apologies and and just let the past be that.
DroneFingers
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