High Tech Lynching

"HIGH TECH LYNCHING" April 6, 2023, a dark and sad day in Tennessee history Black men striped of their first amendment right to tell their story The Declaration of Independence, states that "all men are created equal" But the miscarriage of justice carried out in Nashville, quite illegal Two young black Representatives expelled from the state house Wrongfully discarded, unconstitutionally trashed, with many doubts Simply because of the color of their skin The perpetrators will never win Black people in the south, still faced with remmnants of Jim Crow They continuously want to constrain our voices, don't you know Systemic racism is still alive and well Brothers and Sisters open your eyes, because it's not that hard to tell The act of expulsion, was a planned strategy Nothing more than a senseless tragedy From start to finish, this was all about race Just a blatant power grab to put two uppity blacks in their place The nation mourns for the loss souls in the Nashville legislature Blinded by the darkness of corruption, with a revengeful nature They rammed down our throats, a historical, unprecedented expulsion Two black men politically lynched, for a house, decorum rules intrusion Modern day slavery, still keeping us down I am embarrassed to say that Memphis is my home town Don't misconstrue, "Modern Day Slavery", as victimhood We're not victims, just oppressed people, with our plight misunderstood As black people, brought to this country on slave ships As we continue to be mistreated, we harken back to those trips Why are we, refused and denied our deserved respect Maybe because when we reflect, our opinions are honest and direct Pulaski County Tennessee, birth home of the Klu Klux Klan To overcome southern disenfranchisement, voting is the plan For us to neutralize that "Good Ole Boy" mentality As a people, we must realize that it's more than a formality For, far too long, we have been degraded and downtrodden We refuse to be your foot stool any longer, we beg your pardon Many people have lost their sense of civility Engaging in bigotry and not taking responsibility When some people present themselves as racists Don't entertain the negative, just be an escapist When some in society dismiss an education They are easily persuaded with misinformation