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They hate us not because we’re bad but because we are everything they cannot be Because while they stew in their own misery Formed from their own jealousy We live life fully Because that’s the beauty of Black people We create joy where joy has been locked out Then try to hide it through false superiority Whilst trying to convince the world and themselves That being black equaled inferiority Because if black people were truly inferior there’d be no need to work this hard to suppress us Because while they drown in the rain We dance in it We take each rain drop To feed the earth that breeds life That brings joy into our existence Just like black people We paint the blue back into the sky We make the flowers bloom just through our smiles The trees come to life as soon as it feels our presence We are the love the earth craves So when we give it It's gives gratitude through elemental beauty They seethe in anger Their spirits Soaked in venom Jealous That nature is on our side How it enhances our beauty But dies in the presence of their hate They hate not having control of the earth And it's reaction to their existence Because their egos can't handle the thought Of being lesser than a black person To which they use their tears To poison the ground The ignorant feed of To distort their image Of who is the real villain But that's what happens when you build a system Funded by racism That has been around longer than intellectualism
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