What I Know

Many years ago, segregation was profoundly shaken Thus disallowing our African slaves to be taken They were even locked away in caves And sold to the man to be used as slaves They weren’t even allowed in the big city parks And you know what would of happen if they were caught out after dark The slave masters would rape and sleep with our women They was even made them raise their slave master’s children Because they didn’t want us to be able to lead And that’s why they couldn’t go to the libraries to learn to read Although that didn’t stop our people from being educated I think that we are one of the best races that were created These are my feelings and what I believe And that is one of the reason’s I like to read So that I can learn about the history of my race Because we did contribute to this great place That god created for each and every one of us Because I am tired of listening to all the fuss About which race is better than the other But then they turn around and call our men their brother