Light Dreams of A Black Kid
To hell with the fervent prayers spat from weary lips to hell with wasted youth hoping for brighter times My ancestors deserve no explanation when I'm haunted by visions of a distant nation when my identity is the shadow of my destination. Sowed in this dark soil my dreams bear a fairer complexion. I fight for the chance to be the next slave as the former is casually tossed in his grave Understand I do so not willfully but because my aspirations are fed with willed folly I believe in the land of bright lights though all that glitters is not gold. I believe in the land of free expression though empty barrels make the most noise Do not question my borrowed perception for you seek a fruitless inquisition Who are you to doubt this,my beloved inception I find peace in this nation of lust and envy and proudly pledge allegiance to a land I've never seen I gladly accept I'm a spawn of misfortune concocted in a continent of despair waiting to be cleansed by the ...