WAKE UP MY PEOPLE

[Highly_Insane]

This first poem is entitled "Are We Fre". I wrote this poem because I hear alot of us (Afrikan Amerikkkans) say we are FREE, but I dont think that they know the truth. We are not yet free and this poem is gonna prove it. ( I think I wrote that right lol lol lol lol)


ARE WE FREE




My mind is racing never pacing
Time it’s not taking to slow down
Is it an illusion or straight up confusion
Or have I reached the conclusion
That we are not yet free
Maybe from the 1700’s-1800’s slavery
But not from the lying the cheating and the robbery
We steal from each other and we kill each other
Yet we wonder why we can’t be strong
The new generation is already contemplating
About how to make the green that runs this nation
Instead of being in school learning how to read
He’s outside on the corner selling weed
At the age of fourteen he’s got a nine-millimeter gun
in his jeans
ARE WE FREE


Mothers selling their babies for crack
Living in rundown shacks
Walking up and down the streets cause she’s a dope fiend
We want to be free but we are blind and cannot see
That the white man ain’t doing a damned thang
It is us holding ourselves back because support for
each other we lack
When one of us reaches the top we pull them back down
Upset that we couldn’t do the same
I’ll leave you with this
PEACE, no not with your fingers apart
But with your fingers together because
As my GQ brothers say
We will never be free if we aren’t together
ARE WE FREE?


By Darnita “Sweet D” Smith
Copyright©2004
All Rights Reserved





This second one is Die For Your Block. I think it is kind of self explanatory.


“DIE FOR YOUR BLOCK”



You say you will die for your block


But will your block die for you



Is your block going to get you out of jail


When you are caught acting like a fool


Will your block take you in


When you are standing in the cold


When things didn’t go quite right


And you have nowhere left to go


If a bullet comes your way


Will your block take it in the chest


Or will it let you take it and let you die


Pretty much like the rest


Hmph! You say you will die for your block


But will your block die for you?


By Darnita “Sweet D” Smith
Copyright©2004
All Rights Reserved

[Highly_Insane]

It would be nice if I could get some written feedback from my fellow HBCU folks. But thanks for stopping by to read the poems.

[GaPeAcH]

i like ur work gurl keep doing u

[jmonie8]

Both the poems were great....Ur very talented.....keep on doin it