Zeitgeist (For Trayvon)
Some days I feel like we’ve come a long way
Other days I feel there’s nothing good to say
Like the more things change… and a lot of old clichés
That I can’t bear to finish ’cause I want a brand new day
That my generation keeps declaring is on the way
But this feels more like the first time I heard “The Predator”
Right after the Riots in LA
So where’s the next Ice Cube to help us cool the tensions?
To help expose the falsehoods that we see on television
Instead the Faux news is pushing stories about suspensions
Like some pot residue makes a black kid worthy of a lynchin’
“This was Brown on Black Crime” Like it makes a difference
When the whole world’s forced to look thru white male vision
The mindset of inequality is nearly all that anyone can envision
~wwb
Posted on 28, March 2012, in Poetry and tagged American Zeitgeist, Ice Cube, Predator, Race Relations, Racism, Travon Martin. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a Comment.
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