Salute Langston Hughes Your Words Inspire My Creativity
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listen america
I am not trying to be trite
why do some folks
why do white folks
continue to think american negroes
aren’t particularly bright
simply for thinking
unwarranted killing’s of them is simply not right
some I hear say question my right
to write down these words
as if my words will take flight
you think I take that as a negative slight
this keyboard here constantly reflects my might
well here is a story
I see as not right
makes america to me completely not bright
two black men walking down
a city street late at night
white folks hide in fright
crossing the street
to get away those
two black men’s sight
never caring to understand either man’s
true plight
seems to me we really got might
yet to you we still are not bright
who again is full of fright
seeing those two black men
never straying from sight
simply working hard to keep them out the light
why again I ask who in this tale is not bright?
listen america really I am not trying to be trite
white folks need to believe that blacks
are indeed bright
those same two men
walking at night
see a cop car now these two black men are in fright
because shots may be fired
without even a slight
now you know america
that isn’t just right
it this case america
those cops aren’t too bright
simply ignoring these
two black brothers
real plight for it
was these cops that forced
these two men out of the light
thinking death was upon them
you still think that’s right
hell those brothers never have put up a fight
the unjust bullets shots fired
just took away each of them right
simply walking on city streets without fright
those cops would fake laws and recite
excuses for killing those two
now tell me again who says that’s quite right
listen america
I am not trying to be trite
why do white folks
continue to think negroes
aren’t truly bright
simply for thinking
unwarranted killing’s not right
we all had better consider our plight
for injustice unfettered
lessens america’s might
taking away all of our
inalienable rights.
just because of hatred and misplaced spite
you see that this story didn’t try to be trite
and yes america black folks are indeed bright
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