Hope
JULES
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Yeah I see no changes, all I see is racist faces Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races We under, I wonder what it takes to make this One better place, let's set a pace for greatness Yeah, 'cause I'm scared for our youth The system leave us hanging, they ain't gotta use a noose And keep it black and white, George Zimmerman gave us proof That despite the dark facts, a white lie'll beat the truth And that's word to Eric Gardner, Sandra Bland Brandon McClelland and Emmett Till Sad we only pay attention when that blood spill Years have past and we affected by that blood still And this world need cleansing Slaving those fields for years, safe to say we paid the price At times we seem lost, stuck looking for remittance But Obama gave us hope when he made the cover of Life But that's life, so read between the lines They'll kick away the ladder 'fore they let you try to climb And throw you in the dark before you get a chance to shine And take what I deserve before they say that it was mine But who's to blame, can't deny we played their game And made 'em feel like winners when we call each other niggas We turned it to a bond when it use to mean bondage And this is how we chose to pay our ancestors homage, so Psychologically, we 'dapted they philosophy And played into what's honestly they plan from the start And now we're made a mockery how we succumb to poverty Possess it like apostrophe and we just play the part Shackles off our feet and now they're on our heads And they set back and laugh 'cause they still get ahead I miss the days when we stood against the evils This one's for all y'all, I'm talking to my people 'cause Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern Once you change your thought pattern, you change your, your attitude Once you change your attitude, it changes your behavior pattern And then you go on in into some action And still I see no changes Can't a brother get a little peace More wars in the streets than the wars in the Middle East And the killings don't cease, sheesh We living in the wild, no leash, preach We too far gone for us to reach, we each Should be more about reading book ends than bookings with the police That's not Screech, forgive me, that's not smart You don't gotta be a geek to be a student at heart And that's word to James Baldwin, Langston Hughes Medgar Evers and Charles Drew Their ideas help pioneer this generation But steps that they took are ones we're barely taking We more concerned with the gossip on the blogs We force feeding trash like slops to the hogs And for the real world, it seems we never get involved We hide behind camera lenses just to filter our flaws Nowadays, getting likes are our life And gaining popularity on social media sites It's the digital drug, we all want love It's stronger than a buzz and it's all the above But above all, hope we rise above all And really do it big, a few sizes 'bove small To cultivating our culture, with coaching we coming closer To capturing the common dream and to cooking up something kosher So we can eat, would it be sweet To pave the road for our future with logic more concrete We all got potential, up to us to let it speak And those that are sleep, and dare I repeat We all got potential, we all got potential We all God's gift, don't forget why he sent you A dollar and a dream can change the world when you're broke 'Cause all you need is faith and all you need is hope Can we in America stand idly by and not be concerned I would suggest that the individual must rise up Beyond his self interest Even beyond humanity And discover the eternal God whose purpose changes not This is the end of life The end is not to avoid suffering Not to be happy But the end of life is to do the will of God, come what may Oh America, will you hear that And will you follow that before it is too late
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Written by: JOY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, SHAWN MCDONALD
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