I Have Been Stoned

I have been stoned, born the wrong color. driven from my native soil, crushed like pigs on ships, delivered into slavery. and I was crushed when Lincoln died, but freed us, climbed and conquered racist mountains, Malcolm X rebuilding us, Kennedy revitalizing lost spirits, King delivered us from temptation. I have built a new history of me, opened new opportunities, became a citizen of the land, and gained the right to die a free man.