When I Said...
Anthony Oscar
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When I said, We are imprisoned By a lack of imagination I meant we have a hard time dreaming We drink too much poison Because we don't know where to find water Holy water Cleansing water Water that will cure our thirst For Life When I said, We are imprisoned By a lack of imagination I was talking about the way We see justice as one of two things: Being locked in a box of shame Or executed By a system that set us up to fail When I said, We are imprisoned By a lack of imagination I meant we can't move That we are binded by binaries Of gender and race and political parties That we are taught to take what is As all that can be See, they want us to believe we've lost our vision They want us to feel blind They don't understand That the Wonder of Stevie Is how the light shines from his mind That a genius is only a human Who recognizes his gift And then puts in the work to lift up himself So he can shine light on his brothers So they can mine their own wealth So they can unshackle confusion And start improving their health Because the poison we've taken Is designed to destroy First a thousand small knife wounds From our feet to our neck Then we're covered with hatred That is meant to infect But we don't have to believe we're out here all alone We've got healers among us They can knit broken bones They put us back together They've got balm for our wounds If you let them, they'll teach you How thorns are removed If you let them, they'll teach you To open your eyes If you let them, they'll teach you It's all right when you cry That's how the toxins leave you It helps to clean out your mind When I said, We are imprisoned By a lack of imagination I was talking about the exhaustion That makes your bones hurt That exhaustion that makes you believe That you are weak, that you need to sleep And when you do fall to sleep, you don't even dream And if you do, it's a nightmare Mixed with reality I know that you're tired But the cure isn't sleep In fact, sleep is the poison That is keeping you weak Sleep is the poison that is keeping you weak Sleep isn't dreaming Sleep is just sleep You see, When I said, We are imprisoned By a lack of imagination I was implying we need to get up out of prison But first, we need to understand What this prison really is How this prison was built And more importantly why this prison was built This prison isn't any ordinary prison This prison does not discriminate for any reason It does not matter what colour your skin is Or with what gender you identify This prison just added bars to the Tower of Babel This is a very diverse prison So, imagine Imagine what it would be like for The community that is chained up inside To co-exist lovingly outside this prison You see, when we say "We have a duty to fight for our freedom" This is what we are talking about When we say "We have a duty to win" This is what we are talking about When we say "We must love each other and support each other" This is what we are talking about When we say "We have nothing to lose, but our chains" When we say "We have nothing to lose, but our chains!" This is exactly what we are talking about When I said, We are imprisoned By a lack of imagination I was talking about that Voice that tells you, No That Voice saying, Don't say that They don't want to hear your idea That Voice saying you don't belong there You don't belong out there You don't belong with them You don't have the right colour skin That's the Voice keeping you In The Voice doesn't want you Out The Voice wants you The Voice wants you to doubt That you deserve freedom That you deserve to feel loved That you deserve to experience the Wonder That these sisters and brothers have to offer That you can support them Without stealing from them You see, if you do this You will gain life You will gain their support You will start to feel free When I said, We are imprisoned By a lack of imagination I did not mean that's the way it has to be But we have to wake up enough to want to be free We have to wake up enough to want to be free We must listen and learn and act like we're free Tonight, I've been thinking what it means to believe That the first shall be last And the last ones shall lead We are all in this struggle And we all need to be heard But will you learn to be humble And give up the last word? Take a minute And step back Take a minute And Breathe Be quick to listen Slow to anger Slow to speak Together, we're stronger when we open our eyes And we learn to go farther when we organize When we let go of our doubt And we let go of our fear And we start falling in love With the freedom right here
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