Marginalized

We all look for a check to deposit

Meanwhile we ignore the monster in the closet

The hope that we have is less than what we owe

It seems like the poor are the only faithful

It would mean quite a lot if the world seemed to care

With the death and destruction appearing everywhere

It’s hard to find the light

It’s hidden deep within

Someday I’ll find my hope

One day I’ll be a friend

The things we remember of this world are mostly strife

It’s hard for us to picture why someone would take a life

A knife and a bullet seems to cause so many pain

But when we rest in heaven we won’t see it again

I lived a lot of life so much I’m wise at a young age

I’ve been homeless, fired but just you wait

My family lied and God mom died I’ve been beaten I’ve been tortured

I’ve lost people in my life I hope that we’re on the same page

Most of what has happened has all been out of my control

Try to live a decent life but the dice fall how they’re rolled

So the story’s always told how someone black they have it fair

But it seems like most people in the world they hardly care

I hear comments on my hair, or the clothes I choose to wear

The ironic thing I hear the most is that my music taste is fair

When was black something shameful when was black ever so gray

There’s so much to the culture black’s evolved past I can say

We never get our way, we’re never in control

We never get what fair and yet we are so bold

So the stories told, we fight for life each day

We’re gifts and we are blessings it’s time we’re treated that way

Never in my life had I sense that it’d be easy

The color of my skin is the reason that kids teased me

Was one of the smartest in my class but was never placed

In the advanced courses though I nearly made all As

People give me credit for how eloquent I speak

But no one gives a care about my feelings or what I think

It’s time to make a change and stop thinking of ourselves

Cause there’s so many people who are crying out for help

The books that we read and the movies that we see

Always portrays blacks dying and black brutality

The truth of the matter is that we just want a way

It’s hard to make a difference if we’re seen as a disgrace

The challenges we face are described as sheer oppression

When will society wake up and finally learn this major lesson

We’re human, we have power and the greed is why they kill

The need to control others is why we can’t seem to heal

A world that quiets God and puts man in His place

Is a world that lacks in morals and is responsible for life’s hate

The sin of man is senseless and it’s knocking on your gate

The one who can save us is the one that you deny

He’ll do the same to you if you don’t change

Just you wait