2 SIDES OF THE SAME COIN by Kala Lones

Every brother ain’t a brother

My mama taught me that

Cause even Judas turned on Jesus

And stabbed him in the back

Just like Julius Caesar 

There are many examples, just 

you pick.

Just like the NFL now

How they turned on Kaepernick.

I’m simply living on borrowed time

That’s just how they see me.

Cause niggas like me was supposed be in the field picking cotton.

But now niggas like me on tv.

America, ‘Land of The Great’ they say

But that’s only if you’re white.

Or else,

They take all of your resources 

Spilt your families,

Then exclude you out of spite.

But brother, why exclude me now?

Are we not born of the same sin?

Are we not asking the same questions?

Wondering truly what is within.

But I guess that’s just the difference between us, huh?

Nah, we aint ever been the same

Cause you quicker to sell me out to the world

Then leave my culture up to be claimed

There’s a history divide between us

That one of us created

And this bad blood that’s there 

is the reason why I’m hated

For my Blackness

For my womaness

Whatever you want to call it

But just let me know when you’ve realized 

How short this “democracy” has fallen.

Cause Justice ain’t being served

To people who look like me

Justice ain’t been served since we still hanging on trees

Strange fruit is still growing, even in the dark.

Bitterness festering like a rash, 

Black bodies put on display like art

There’s a cultural divide 

Cause you won’t see the world through my eyes.

So I say, why not let it burn?

Your anger is validated 

My anger is suppressed

I hope one day that you learn.

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