Nothing earned

I been up in Brooklyn already

Y’all what sup, my hand’s unsteady

stand tall, shooken, and heady

disbelief in my mind, ignorance all the time

greenleaf sprout I find, hinderance humankind

sport about, go steady, hands small, orange Freddy

Mexican wall, Russian doll, American maul, Civil war

So why Brooklyn? So why not.

I been down South already

Yo how you doin’? this land forgetting

parts divided, mouths united, and bodies sweating

blood boiling from pointless labor,

slaves toiling, who is my neighbor?

Black white red yellow green and blue

what the fuck we gonna do!?!

So South, why not? Or why?

Why we gonna let our culture die?

Why we gonna lie down and accept passive defeat?

Why we gonna starve our children, nothing to eat?

Corruption and cowardice sounds

Disruption and avarice, nouns

Eruption in cadaverous mounds

Revolutions abound, around the sun

This rhyme scheme is fun

but it’s message is serious

Clearly not mysterious,

this time schemes are undone

populist positions, unraveling bishops

Crooks hooked, cooks look shook, throw the book

Lock em all up and hang em high

Knock em all down and let em fry

My anger and pride are not alone

The danger will ride, our knives we'll hone

Call to action answered

Cause to faction, rise above, substandard

Political motives questioning,

Paralytical motion questing

These jokers ain’t funny, no forgetting

No forgiving

Nothing given

Nothing earned.

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