-shed a Tear Please America-
Hey! you over there in Texas in good old America
ask your peoples to shed a tear or two over there
for the miseries of peoples here in Africa
whose plights are self inflicted we confess and declare
the peoples here are led by the nose by their leaders greed
with no empathy or compassion for those they lead to their demise
Africa's leaders are chosen from the hovels in desperate need
for guidance to peace and prosperity and hope to realize
for as long as Africa has leaders with no integrity
leaders who know only to destroy and havoc to create
with arrogance their peoples control to suit their vanity
then rant and rave how the Colonials left them in a dire state
their lies and deceit has stenched stale and foul from overuse
and bigotted laws edicted for the mass to incite
cry shame, shame on you Africa for the pain and abuse
Africa's soil has turned red from the despots might
for Africa can for its people a glorious paradise be
if not for its thieving,lieing despicable tyrants spree
able to attend the needs of the worlds many a nation
and its own peoples lead out of poverty and starvation
remember peoples of America, when your land was once like an Africa
how nice it would be, if here in Africa, we could proudly say
we live and prosper, free from greed and strife in a just Africa
today
so please uncle Sam, ask your peoples to shed a tear or two for
Africa.
Copyright © Christopher Stopford | Year Posted 2012
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