Letter To The Hood
BASHEER JONES
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Bismillah This is my letter to the hood I wish you could see your beauty It seems like the whole world does They wanna dance like you, jump like you, catch like you, dress like you, look like you look like you And since they can't look like you they kill you, they kill you Making you hate the face that they love Call you thug, so that your death makes sense, mugshots that makes the public tense Where even your own tribe Make excuses like, well he shouldn't have been wearing a Hood He shouldn't have been selling cigarettes He shouldn't have reached for his id She shouldn't have been black, she shouldn't have been black, she shouldn't have been Born It's amazing that a country can be scorned towards the people that the masses love to See perform But when the lights go dim and the curtains are drawn and the guns are drawn and Respect is gone For the one whose blood water the earth that we stand upon you, you don't know that You're beautiful That you're suitable for the American dream Oh it's ok for us to sing but not to kneel for what we feel is righteous Don't you know that you're strength is divine and their hatred makes them blind Murder is horrific but dying before you stop breathing is the greater crime, how do you use your time Despite who hates your love is greater, but you must love yourself Put the neighbor brother sister father and mother back in hood Speak life and not death and enjoy each breath That the maker has given Lyrics that promote generational poverty And looks on faces that say don't bother me but for us who understand the language it Really means, I'm in need It really means I need love, it really means Do you see me? Oh I see you and I acknowledge your divinity And I will love you no matter what, longer than infinity, I love you I love who you are and your potential And nothing is accidental, this war is mental I try to be gentle when dealing with trauma Effects of slavery still plague this nation You see the word has told us to be patient but it's running thin Hard to trust my kin but dealing with my own issues with in Like my Jewish brothers and sisters I say never then we are seasoned when it comes to Dealing with racism But ain't nothing bland about Sandra Keep that casket open Mrs. Till, show them what racism look like You, you, and you are divine no matter who tries to trump you, stump you, lump you we Stand strong Even while we kneel And the only thing that needs to be killed, is the envy of those who hate what they wish They can be Oh I love you so much And no matter what I always will And even when you hurt me I realize it's only because you've been hurt But I want you to remember something The most beautiful flowers was produced by BS and dirt
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