Overcome
Tristan Weeks
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My word, shit is serious out here We say it flippantly with no regard For its' fucked up history it so bizarre What does it mean When we speak Demeaning friends just enemies We say it to agitate or relate Things gotta change I've said to spite a few I feel ashamed A title reclaimed While our culture"s defamed Segregation, lynching, MLK Emmit Till and every black person still slayed Remainding me there got to be a better way Overcome Hate speech mistook for pride Overcome Attitudes that bring about our demise Overcome Slave owner rhetoric lies Truth is Being negro means excellence personified It is a hindrance that made us compliant Society has failed when children say it Blatant Black plight is trendy Other races adopt the hatred A worthless US export Pop culture made it famous Some idols degrade humans just for fame Profits to gain Why do we look up to them for Lord? negativity endorsed Everything's a choice Be more positive, uplift, let live Watch the mentality shift Overcome Hate speech mistook for pride Overcome Attitudes that bring about our demise Overcome Slave owner rhetoric lies Truth is Being negro means excellence personified We say it habitually I guess we're scarred By a racial slur we made ours Decades ago to this century Plagued by misery, slavery It's the cost of being free F*ck that vocabulary Being colored born Oppressed to the core Every era in our nation Minorities face provocation and deflation Affluence is insignificant When death and dissrepect is all we get Wise up and end the con Erase nigga from the lexicon and Overcome Hate speech mistook for pride Overcome Attitudes that bring about our demise Overcome Slave owner rhetoric lies Truth is Being negro means excellence personified Overcome Hate speech mistook for pride Overcome Attitudes that bring about our demise Overcome Slave owner rhetoric lies Truth is Being negro means excellence personified N.i.g.g.e.r N.i.g.g.a I'm tired of being call that each and everyday N.i.g.g.e.r N.i.g.g.a Please stop calling me that each and every day I'm a person
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Written by: TRISTAN ROBERT WEEKS
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