BLACK MAN'S JOURNEY

[THALOCPASADENA]

A Black Man's Journey



Against all odds,
Even through cell bars,
I manage,
To do damage,
Leaving a trail of scars.
Minor abrasions,
Will never phase them,
In the act of war,
You have to go through them,
Like you never knew them,
To the next corridor.
Barriers they've set up make you hesitant to explore,
They may have done it to the first man but they never seen me before.
I'm bigger, better, an even wiser than the last,
I gather my strength through bad experiences from the past.
"Why am I such an outcast?" I figured it out,
Knowlegde is power they start to fear, and when there's fear, there's doubt.
Because I know my creed, like Apollo,
To live righteously and some find it hard to swallow.
I've broken bread with friends as well as the enemy,
Because I know, in the house of god, hatred ain't the remedy.
It has been written in his holy book, for all eyes to see,
And I believe he has both his eyes looking at me.
It's been a tough journey on that road called "Recovery,"
But I still fight with new ideas and discoveries.
Devils tried to pick me up with manipulation and educated talk,
But I've gone this far now and I'd rather continue to walk.
I think it's the journey that holds the measure of a man,
I break it down for the other brothers that just don't understand.

[coconut1202004]

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[wcrockets]

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