I try to speak out
Against discrimination
Against words
Of hatred
And humiliation
Of racism
And against hurt
I try to speak up
I try to speak out
And I AM upfront about
What’s wrong and what’s right
I plunder through speeches
Of persecution, execution, illusion, revolution
About the evil vision
Of the dragon’s ugly head
Racial theories are common
And it’s those I dread
I speak up about those and so many more
So that when the time comes
Someone will speak out for me
Against discrimination
Against words
Of hatred
And humiliation
Not against me
But against them
The enemy
Or so it would seem
Because at one time
Maybe the enemy was just like me
Hurt like me
Bullied like me
Maybe it’s just retaliation
But why do the retaliate
With degradation
To me it seems like a disease
One that can’t be destroyed or cured
One that cannot be burned
Like as my heart went up in flames
As my body was consumed by the confusion
My blood boiled over
As I coughed up blood
My mouth struggled to say
I spoke up for you
Why didn’t you speak up for me…?
It’s time for us
To speak up
To Speak Out
To express loud our thoughts
With no guilt
Nor doubt
We won’t have to think twice
Our word is our life
A life well lead
A life well lived
With no regrets to haunt us till were dead
Condemnation, denunciation, segregation, dissipation
What is all this for?
The abating of feeling or emotion?
It’s like a evil potion
Starting first in our minds
Then setting base in our brains
What is this pain?
The feeling of being displaced
Not being wanted
Always being taunted
About how I look
And how I dress
How I talk
Who I am
You crowding around me
Watching
Just Waiting
Blowing me off
With that one look in your eye
And I think to myself and say
Is that what people do?
People you trust
The people you trusted
To Speak Up for you
In your time of need
Like you did for them
When they were also betrayed
I lock myself in a room
And watch you through a window
Laughing and playing
While I’m telling myself
Enough is enough
Times are tough
And they last long
But I’m gonna last longer
Cause guess what?
I’m stronger
Who I am inside
Is bigger than any bully
Any fallacy of society
I found my voice
In a sea of deadly fears
You thought I was going to sink
Ha, liar I swam
You Will finally realize
They don’t know anything about you
Do you wanna know I think?
I’m not gonna change for them
I am me
And that’s who I want to be
No one can do I
Like I do me
So call me a loser
Laugh at my shirt
My Heart’s Gotten Me Through Tough Times
You no longer have to stand by my side
I found my voice, she found her voice, he found his voice, we found our voice
And it’s about time you heard it
So learn it