Dear Black Student

What are you here for Diplomas, degrees and differentiation Why do you read To learn Why do you study To remember what I learned I'm glad you know because lately your Actions haven't reflected your Knowledge You get to college indulge in toxins And then like a baby marsupial you Jumping out of pocket Popping off to the wrong one will Leave you on the wrong end of a gun And it'll get to blasting off like team Rocket You feel tired and now you want the World to know you hard So you puff Out ya chest and lose your damn mind And put yourself at risk to lose ya life Well before your time You think you got bars so why do you Act like using Your words is a crime to express Yourself Jeopardizing your future over Temporary situations That you like to Call love when really you're too Ignorant to Know what love is That's not hard Fighting over words that you don't Even know the definition of That's not hard Taking from people that have worked So hard To keep their record clean and Get these nice things by just means That's not hard Feeling like you can justify taking the Life of someone else's offspring Because they made you upset and your Leadership skills are so weak That you cant even tell yourself what To do That's not hard Dear Black Student What are you here for Diplomas, degrees and differentiation Why do you read To learn Why do you study To remember what I learned Let me tell you what's hard Grave stones Which will be the only significant Mark That you've left on this world if You continue To put your life in danger By Acting on unjust emotions fueled By hate and anger That's Hard Pavement which is where you'll find Yourself Being slammed time and time Again by the police Because you tryna Impress ya homies And we can only Pray like a woman at the lords knees That they wont take your life That's Hard The mattresses The mattresses in a prison cell Which is where you'll find yourself Trying to sleep having nightmares Everyday because the devil is trying to Creep Into your innermost intimacies And demean you of ya manhood in Order to assert his own dominance That's Hard Moving om Moving on after the loss of a child One that didn't get to live One that had the biggest dreams as a Little kid One that you sent away in hopes That They'd come back to you even better Than they were Maybe even the best But in all actuality They acted right in ya face But the director flipped the script Whenever you left That's hard The cover The cover on a textbook that could Keep your mind occupied long enough To keep you from being a victim of the Wrong place at the wrong time That's hard A desk A desk that you would reserve for Yourself in each of your respective Classes So that you could pursue the Enhancement of your self in the Upmost comfort And if you can't see Make sure you sit close to the board That's Hard Classes Classes that you're hardly even passing That you aren't prepared for because You haven't gone in weeks now It's Test day and you can hardly even think Because you skipped the meals you Need to eat and barely got any sleep So now you are trying to cheat But you didn't realize there was a test A and B Each one with a different key Now you are asking the lord Why me That's Hard Dear Black Student What are you here for Diplomas, degrees and differentiation Why do you read To learn Why do you study To remember what I learned Let me tell you what else is hard Being a student getting paid a six Figure salary at least all Because you Graduated with a degree That's hard Living to see the age of eighty-three And proving to them that the good Don't always die young That's Hard Destroying all stereotypes created by Anyone That demeans our race and Belittles our culture That's hard Good credit a clean criminal record a Home Built on a solid foundation an Abundance of accolades Creating a way When there is none making a Difference changing the world That's Hard Dear Black Student What are you here for Diplomas, degrees and differentiation Why do you read To learn Why do you study To remember what I learned Good Get the hell out of my office I don't want to have this talk again Oh and by the way I'm expecting great things out of you Aight Aight Peace