THE GUTTER IS WHERE I STAND, THE PROMISE LAND IS WHERE I STRIVE TO BE
WITH A MIND FULL OF HOPES AND DREAMS
THAT I WANT TO MAKE REAL AND NOT JUST FANTASY
MY FOREFATHERS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., MALCOLM X, KWAME NKRUMAH AND JERRY RAWLINGS, DECADES AGO FOUGHT FOR MY PEOPLE AND ME
BUT ALL I SEE IN THE STREETS IS THUGGERY AND GREED
EVEN IF I CAN’T SAVE ALL MY PEOPLE
I WILL MAKE SURE MY FOUR FATHERS DREAMS LIVE THROUGH ME
WE HAVE COME FROM THE SLAVE HOUSE, THE COLONIAL MASTER’S HOUSE, THE CRACKHOUSE AND NOW THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE
AND STILL I GET PROFILED BY COPS AND SECURITY WHEN I LEAVE MY HOUSE
EVEN THOUGH I WORK SMART AND STUDY LIKE AN INTELLECTUAL SPARTAN, YET SOCIETY STILL LOOKS AT ME JUST LIKE ANOTHER TRAYVON MARTIN
JUST LOOKING FOR ANOTHER BLACK MAN TO SHOOT, WALKING WHILE BLACK I GUESS WILL BE THEIR EXCUSE!
-LEON KWASI KUNTUO-ASARE
AMERICA: DIVIDED WE STAND? ! A COLLECTION OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL POETRY
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Posted on October 14, 2014
By LEON KWASI CHRONICLES poetry
Posted in poetry , political , racism Tagged #crack , Davis , from , gutter , house , Jerry , Jordan , king , kwame , Luther , Malcolm , Martin , NKRUMAH , Obama , oppression , poem , poetry , police , politics , poverty , president , PROMISELAND , racism , rawlings , state , the , to , TRAYVON , white , x
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