Just Think Nice

chocolate sienna caramel cocoa cafe au lait blue
Father,Grandfather, GODfather, Son, Uncle, Brother,Lover,Friend, & U 2

I love, I said I love tha brothas

Prisoner,preacher,teacher,paper boy,sprinkler fitter, actor, waiter, student, box maker, landscaper, cake baker, machine operator, baller,executive, hustler, dentist, activist, lyricist, 44th President( yeah),brick layer, baby maker, order taker, Walmart greeter, street sweeper, athlete, unemployed, stay at home Dad

I love tha brothas I said

Have U watched them walk? Have U Heard them talk?
Investigated their posturing, witnessed their hustling
Witness? Investigate?
Watch what YOU hear!
Careful now 4 stereotypical images exist
The media, all media perpetuate to insist
That
There is something wrong w/
Blue, cafe au lait, cocoa, caramel, sienna, chocolate
Friend, Lover, Brother, Uncle, Son, GODfather, Grandfather, Father, & U2
There is NOT, NADA, NOTHING wrong with tha brothas!
I Love
I said I Love my beautiful, soulful personifications of power
Right fist in tha air
To the umpteenth power
You must understand how I love all y'all brothas
Your shoulders I kno gettin tired of the
Racial profilin' & employment denyin', n sometimes havin 2 watch yo babies cry in'
Not enough money, not enough milk, feet on ya neck, monkeys on ya back
And the oh so blatant practice of undeniable disrespect
Whoa, I know, I gotchu brothas
We sista's, we gotchu, nope don,t think once
Just think nice
We go together like the sweet potatoes in pie
Ahhhh...I c u smile
I live 4 that
I said, I love tha brothas
I got ya back!

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Written 6/22/2011

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