The Marathon Never Ends

In the words of Huey Newton Bobby Seale & the Revolutionaries before me

We want the governments

Power in the hand of the people Which means you & I

That's Exactly why we say all power to The people

All of us equally United, all races, all colors

I want the government to

Actually care about its people

We want education & prison Reform

Over 70% of inmates in America's prisons cannot read

Above a fourth grade reading Level

I need our parents to Understand & value education & The child will follow

There is a Relationship Between Incarceration and Low Literacy

Politicians and journalists often Claim prison planners

Use third Grade reading scores to predict The number of future prison Beds needed

I want our brothers in prison on Cannabis related drug charges

To Be immediately released & given Therapy for prison PTSD

It Makes no sense that cannabis Distribution is legal now in Many states

Yet our brothers are Still incarcerated for years to Come

I want to stop feeling as though I must be "on guard" all the time

I want to be able to see a police & not feel as though I must be On high alert

And worry if my Next move will be my last move

I want our sisters to be loved & For my brothers to stop calling Them female dogs & garden Tools

The disrespect is Unnecessary & makes no sense

Because our mothers are the tree Of life that we all spawned from

My love for my motha could Never allow me to disrespect Our queens

I want our fathers to stay & I Need our fathers to teach our Sons

That it's okay to cry & feel Emotion but your head up

I Need our fathers to do right by Our mothers & show our Daughters

How man is supposed To love a woman

I want people of color to Establish generational wealth

& Teach our youth that their skin Is gold, their melanin is Beautiful & a blessing

I grew up In a family where my cousins & I Were the first to have degrees in The family

& I grew up in a Society that allows for many Melanated youth

To have no one To look up to but rappers & Athletes

Turning on a tv to see That America's standard of Beauty did not look like them