BLACK MAN
A young black man around the age of 19
Was walking on the street when he notices a hysterical scene
A small asian man was on the floor fighting for his life
While a tall blonde lady stood over him bandishing a sharp kitchen knife
The young black man tried to get the situation in order
So he held down the lady and tried to take weapon from her
When non black passerbys saw what was goin on
They jumped to conclusions and thought the black man was the one in wrong
Stereotypes dictacted that the black man had to be irrational
Media propaganda, newspapers and lack of facts indicate that every black mans a criminal
People fear black men and think they’re so dangerous
Black men are living a world that deems them subnormal and intellectual useless
Fierce, strong, angry, mean,
crazed animalistic barbaric fied
No love no intellect no decorum no sense
Criminal minds and brutality intense
Jamain, jamal, akeem, Tyrone
Rasheed, Nathan, Tupac, Jerome
Delroy, Leon, Meko, Femi
Marquis, Tunde, Shola, Remi
The truth is this system marked you since the day you were born
You’ll never have a bed of roses just a million thorns
Walking down the streets ladies clutch their purses and look at you in scorn
Your mothers tried to warn you but you can’t escape and too often systematically proceed to get mentally torn
Media paints a lopsided picture of you
Said you were good for nothing a failure so no respect is due
They’re less likely to highlight the good you do
Jus the bad causing people that jus don’t know to look down on you
They said you’re a
Drug dealer, murderer, robber rapist
Radical, psycho, badman, sadist
Gangster, yardie, crackhead, Thug
womaniser, fraudster, Pimp, scrub
Pressured to be tough by peers and media image
Stifled from growth and intellectual pillaged
Lies and distrust magnify stress
Causing your mental health to be in distress
Is it maybe that your
Misunderstood, Desired, underestimated
Strong, loved, complicated
Unappreciated, confused, loving and kind
Character, style looks so sublime
Ray Charles, Malcolm x, Mohammed Ali,
Tupac shakur, Samuel sharp, Marcus Garvey
Garrett Morgan, bob Marley, Jesse Jackson,
Martin Luther king, Paul bogle, Denzel Washington
Black men are the fathers of civilization
Inventors, fathers, scribes, scholars of education
Black men led powerful kingdoms and empires in the motherland
Trading with Asia and the Americas way before slave chains weighted down our hands
Olduvai gorge in east Africa is where they found the first human remains
That means the founders of civilization shared the blood running through black veins
If you educate yourself you’ll find Black men have changed the face of the world we live in today
But if you choose to remain miseducated you’ll only succumb to the lies and hype on black men the media continue to spray
By:Gizelle watkins
