Why is it that my purpose is unclear
Why am I here
Why is it that my dark past is my only thoughts
Why am I here
Is it to live life with uncertainty
Praise the higher authority because they have a gun and thats a pig's only authority
Because I'm uncertain of what I'm supposed to do with all these jumbled ideas
Guess I'll keep rambling
Why is it they kill a black man every day of the year
King Kunta gave the freed slaves motivation to keep rappin
Finally found knowledge of knowing what's coming
Cuz if these walls could talk they'd tell me I'm soft spoken
U think we really put here to jus go thru the motions
Guess time will keep flyin' & words will keep flowin'
Holy as baptism, like waters in a cistern
Why am I here
Am I here to live the life of my forefathers and work for my master
Pick the cotton in the fields, "imma good field nigg*” "look, the master put me in the house momma" listen
Listen how I play myself again & again
Same 19 year old me wit a name & no friends
Tol' myself to keep writin' to understand the dreams Ive portrayed
Un-vivid inception of where she gotta be layin'
My only friend seems like the one in front of the gun
Am I here to live a life of an evil one
Scheme badness for the ones bringing me down
Revenge on the wicked for all the doubt they throwin' around
All the lies
All the chants that I should jus give up on everything
Give up on the visions of what man I need to be
Give up on livin' life like I'm no one
Give up on my family
And hate what is good
Love what is bad & only pursue Lucey you hoodrat
Lucey gonna fix all ya problems
Lucey gave you the bible
Lucey got the answer
Lucey ain't what King Kunta say she is... she got you
Am I here?
Am here to ignore Lucey & stick to the facts
Listen to the Django & never look back
The past all history & the present's what's being written
My future is gonna be wit you in it
Stars pointed in your direction guess thats why I sing to you
North star aimed at you, you're my shooting star
I'll wade for ya
Im on my way to paradise so I don't give a f*ck about their advice
Im doin' this for me now and they won't control my life
Now I'm buildin' a spaceship
Hopin' & dreamin' that it flies
Way past the sky
Am I here to show the world that we still a perfect picture, we can fly
If we keep using the negatives to develop
We'll inhabit a world of more peace
But now I know the reason why I'm living
Not to put trust in this fair fiction
And to only worry about my life right now
Precious gift from God
We all are
Im here & I ain't goin back
Do u know why you're here?
About the Creator
asanté saunders
sometimes i write poetry
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