A Brother's Shame

by Twan - Aries

(to i seen a man die by scarface)

she saw him walking down the church steps
the girl he got married to had a bunch of chronic wheps
from clarence thomas to tiger woods my mind goes slack
cause in the mind of these men they aint really black
not that i'm a race-baiter but i can't help
feeling angry bout these brothers when they get wealth
getting angry feeling like i don't really know black
fighting two wars gay and black i say fuck that
i still don't like this kinda shame
i don't want to feel another black brother's shame
(music)
what kind of peace solidarity are we in
struggling to hear above the din that we see in
rucker, bryant, cartwright and chris kilmore
they all are left to feel like they yell "fore"
and nobody wants to change this
its 2002 still we up against the same shit
i don't like this kinda shame
i don't want to feel another black brothers shame
(music)
i don't understand how this lady
can claim to be black and so banjee
what is real no one asks they just claim its fake
so they take the ones that aint commited and they forsake
clarence thomas stole an election for the elite
trying to hand a brother another crushing defeat
but we all supposed to be brothers anyway
but you'll never catch the "real" black people saying that today
and that's for real, you can feel, that's a real slight
and the man coming out the church, well, his bride was white
i don't want to be lame
but i'll never stop to feel the flame of another brother's shame
(music)
Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2002-03-14 01:38:55
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:04
Poem ID: 68309

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