Tag: injustice

The Truth Will Set You Free

Taught to look to the sky for something to believe in
Never satisfied, wondering why it always felt like something was missing
The truth is inside yourself – that knowledge is gold
But those words always seem to be left unsaid like a story untold
You strive for perfection, attempting to reach your goals
It’s the American dream they say, but is it really, or are you just playing your role?
To the media, your job, and that dude that treated you oh so cold
When you surpass the superficial you realize you done sold your soul
Forgetting that the most important thing is to love yours, in the words of J.Cole
People talk about the apocalypse like it’s thousands of years away
But look around, aren’t we already living it with social injustices and racism at bay?
I pray my friends and family don’t become another hashtag …man …what else can I say?
Rest In Peace to Sandra Bland, Terrence Crutcher, and countless others,
In Jesus name I pray
The revolution will not be televised, but please believe a war is well on the way
America, the land of the “free”
In all actuality, it sounds like some BS to me
Put your hands up, and you take a bullet cuz they look at your skin and don’t like what they see
But you’re criticized for standing up for what you believe in, when you decide to take a knee
Colin Kaepernick we see you, and we appreciate everything you’ve done b
This fight will never end, until we’re completely set free
Of systematic racism, all biases and inequalities
The things you want the most are the ones you fight hardest for
Is it money, power, fame, or your morals that matter more?
Truth be told I rather live without worry and hate, and be poor
Than to be a slave to the system that oppresses my people, takes lives, and slams doors
This is the world that we live in,
The type of world that I’m afraid to bring kids in
With people who think that they’re superior to others, even though we’re all born in sin
Take a look in the mirror and tell me what you see
Is it someone you’re proud of, or someone you’d never aspire to be
The choice is yours

Copyright 2016 Christiana Parisien

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Ferguson

Eyes follow him as he walks throughout the store
Shots fired as he reaches for the candy in his pocket
Gunned down before he even makes it to the alter
Killed even though he had his hands up in surrender
In the land of the “free”,
civil rights are revoked and justice turns the other cheek
Those that are meant to protect and serve,
instead contribute to lives lost
Pulling the trigger first and asking questions later
Not stopping to think of that person as a human being,
as someone’s son, brother, husband or friend
While they go home and enjoy the luxury of tucking in their kids at night,
someone’s family is planning a funeral
Someone’s world has been shattered into pieces and turned upside down
Black, White, Hispanic or Asian
No one deserves to die
People end up in the wrong place, at the wrong time
People make mistakes, make bad decisions
But only God can judge us.
only he has the right to determine who remains on this earth
It’s not an issue of Black and White some say,
because people want to pretend that racism no longer exists
That because movements have taken place, and laws have been enforced,
stereotypes don’t exist and racial profiling is unheard of
But even though we’ve come so far,
in the year 2014 it is still prevalent.
This is the beginning of a revolution, a war
And the people say no more
I am tired
They are tired
WE are tired
In the land of the free,
people have the privilege of defending their 15th amendment rights
And so it begins
And for those who say it is pointless. It is only temporary, or that it won’t make a difference…
We understand your lack of courage and pity your ignorance
If you do not stand for something,
You will fall for anything
So why not stand up for what’s right?
Before falling for what you know is wrong

Copyright 2014 Christiana Parisien

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