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RED WHITE AND BLUE
Red – Is for the blood
We’ve shed through the years.
In our struggle for freedom,
That was covered in tears.
Nothing was ever- just given to us,
For every thing was earned.
Through hard work and determination,
From praying hearts that yearned.
To be equal in all, and not in part,
To look into our souls, and feel our hearts.
Being blinded by power, hiding in the dark.
You only saw the good in yourselves, while walking all over us.
White – Is for our faith in God,
And hearts true and pure- as pure as light
While picking cotton, we sang praise to his name
Knowing that everything would be all right.
A unity in love / divided by others greed
Disrespecting our ebony women through the night.
Taking away the “purity” of our ebony people,
Treating us like cattle to benefit their way of life.
For all our ebony people
Who died, trying to be free
White is the color God used
To release and give us inner peace.
Blue –blue is for the ocean
That we have sailed across,
At the hands of our capturers,
We the slaves, them the boss.
For all the pain that we’ve endured
In our struggle to be free.
Trying to hold our family together
Beating us down our family tree.
By separating us from Each other
Yes, breaking up our home
Removing husbands and wives from one another
Leaving them alone.
BUT! We have come a long way
From the past, where we were
To a new life of equality and freedom
And a determination to endure.
Think about our past, the struggle,
And how far we have come
Think about the present,
We are free-yet the battle isn’t won
Before we judge someone
We must first judge ourselves
Because if we aren’t honest to our own true heart
How can we be honest with someone else?
We need to search among ourselves
For our problem to be at an end
We are hurting our own race of people
Thru violence and drugs that has become common – an unwelcome trend.
There is still time, all is not lost
For we can help, build, and inspire one another
Our children are the future
For our selves and them, we have to make it better.
The future is promised to no one, but everyone has a chance.
Setting your values and goals with determination, you can excel and will succeed.
By: Ebony Blessings
