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Tell me why i'm here.

By asanté saundersPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
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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?

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asanté saunders

sometimes i write poetry

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